samba - Jul 2010 - smbcquotas tells me that "quotas are not enabled"

I have a setup of Ubuntu 8.04 running Samba 3.0.28a.  Connected to our network I
have a buffalo linkstation acting as Network Attached Storage (NAS), which I 
have successfully mounted on the local file system.

Using smbcquotas I believe I can set up a quota for each user on the NAS.  To 
get started, I run the command:
smbcquotas //192.168.1.4/share -S FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED -A /etc/.credentials

But I get the error:
Quotas are not enabled on this share.
Failed to open \$Extend\$Quota:$Q:$INDEX_ALLOCATION  NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.

I'm trying to figure out why my command fails.  Shouldn't that enable
quotas in
the first place?

Luke Hamilton put forth on 7/8/2010 7:31 PM:
> I have a setup of Ubuntu 8.04 running Samba 3.0.28a.  Connected to our
network I
> have a buffalo linkstation acting as Network Attached Storage (NAS), which
I
> have successfully mounted on the local file system.
> 
> Using smbcquotas I believe I can set up a quota for each user on the NAS. 
To
> get started, I run the command:
> smbcquotas //192.168.1.4/share -S FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED -A
/etc/.credentials
Is 192.168.1.4 the Buffalo NAS?  If so...
> But I get the error:
> Quotas are not enabled on this share.
> Failed to open \$Extend\$Quota:$Q:$INDEX_ALLOCATION 
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.
Does the Buffalo support NTFS5 and is quota capability enabled on the Buffalo
SMB server?
> I'm trying to figure out why my command fails.  Shouldn't that
enable quotas in
> the first place?
Not if the Buffalo NAS isn't already configured to support quotas.  As I
understand it, this command sends a packet to a remote SMB server telling it
how to (re)configure quotas on a given share.  If quota capability isn't
already enabled on the remote SMB server this command will fail.  I think that
is what is happening here.  I'm no expert on this, just making a somewhat
educated guess.

See:  man smbcquotas

-- 
Stan

I think you're right in that quotas aren't enabled on the NAS itself and
there
doesn't appear to be any way of doing so.  If I'm to do this, I may have
to
invent some way of enforcing quotas for the remote machine at the client.  

But before I get elbow deep in Perl code, I want to try putting a quota on one 
of the Samba shares.  Is that possible?


----- Original Message ----
>Luke Hamilton put forth on 7/8/2010 7:31 PM:
>> I have a setup of  Ubuntu 8.04 running Samba 3.0.28a.  Connected to our
network
>>
>>I 
>>
>>  have a buffalo linkstation acting as Network Attached Storage (NAS), 
which I
>
>
>> have successfully mounted on the local file system.
>> 
>> Using smbcquotas I believe I can set up a quota for each user  on the
NAS.  To
>
>
>> get started, I run the command:
>>  smbcquotas //192.168.1.4/share -S FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED -A  
>/etc/.credentials
>
>Is 192.168.1.4 the Buffalo NAS?  If so...
>
>>  But I get the error:
>> Quotas are not enabled on this share.
>>  Failed to open \$Extend\$Quota:$Q:$INDEX_ALLOCATION  
>NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.
>
>Does the Buffalo support NTFS5 and is  quota capability enabled on the
Buffalo
>SMB server?
>
>> I'm  trying to figure out why my command fails.  Shouldn't that
enable quotas
>
>>in 
>>
>> the first place?
>
>Not if the Buffalo NAS isn't  already configured to support quotas.  As
I
>understand it, this  command sends a packet to a remote SMB server telling
it
>how to  (re)configure quotas on a given share.  If quota capability
isn't
>already  enabled on the remote SMB server this command will fail.  I think
that
>is  what is happening here.  I'm no expert on this, just making a
somewhat
>educated  guess.
>
>See:  man smbcquotas
>
>-- 
>Stan

>
>>
>> I think you're right in that quotas aren't enabled on the NAS
itself
>> and there
>> doesn't appear to be any way of doing so.  If I'm to do this, I
may
>> have to
>> invent some way of enforcing quotas for the remote machine at the 
>> client.
That NAS runs on Linux.  A few minutes of googling just now reveals 
there are OS hacks for it.  You might go that route.
>
>>
>> But before I get elbow deep in Perl code, I want to try putting a 
>> quota on one
>> of the Samba shares.  Is that possible?
>
> I wish I had an answer for you.  I just don't have enough experience 
> with
> quotas.  You may just have to experiment with it unless/until someone 
> else
> posts a solution.
>
> --
> Stan
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