quota and quota-root

[Alain Spineux]

On Feb 6, 2008 8:45 PM, Joseph Silverman <yossie at laszlosystems.com> wrote:
> can someone explain what the difference is?
>
> so, I use cyradm to 'sq user/ME 12345678' - afterwards I see than if I
> 'lq user/ME' I see the number.  HOWEVER, if I 'lqr user/ME' I don't
> see anything.  There appears to be no 'sqr' command and the only way I
> know to set the quota-root is to use the shell command utility 'quota -
> f user/ME' after the 'sq' command

Be carrefull the "quota" command exist also for the file system.
Use
# which quota
to be sure you are using the cyrus one !
cyrus's quota is sometime rename in cyrquota!

You should use

> sq user/ME STORAGE 12345678
instead of
> sq user/ME 12345678



>
> what am I misunderstanding?!
>
> thanks - Yossie
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