- From: Clemm, Geoff <gclemm@rational.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:32:13 -0400
- To: Webdav WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org>
- Message-ID: <E4F2D33B98DF7E4880884B9F0E6FDEE25ED4D1@SUS-MA1IT01>
The current draft states that the quota values do not vary by user. I believe that this should be changed to explicitly state that they *are* per user quota values. A server that only maintains global quotas would then just return the same value for every authenticated user. Cheers, Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Eric Sedlar [mailto:eric.sedlar@oracle.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:21 PM To: Julian Reschke; Lisa Dusseault; 'Stefan Eissing'; Webdav WG Subject: Re: FW: I-D ACTION:draft-dusseault-dav-quota-01.txt It seems like this draft is fine with a user-based rather than a collection-based system--the server will report the same usage & quota for any collection, but will return different results depending on who is authenticated, no? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de> To: "Lisa Dusseault" <lisa@xythos.com>; "'Stefan Eissing'" <stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de>; "Webdav WG" <w3c-dist-auth@w3c.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: RE: FW: I-D ACTION:draft-dusseault-dav-quota-01.txt > > > From: w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org > > [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Lisa Dusseault > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:56 PM > > To: 'Stefan Eissing'; Webdav WG > > Subject: Re: FW: I-D ACTION:draft-dusseault-dav-quota-01.txt > > > > ... > > > > Quota is applied to a collection, *not* a user, specifically because of > > the model where a user doesn't just put documents in their own home > > directory. That's explicit in the draft, and it's an important feature > > to allow directories to be shared by many users and still have quota > > applied. So if a quota of 1000MB is applied to the "/sales/" > > collection, the server is free to report that quota, and count space > > consumed by resources in the "/sales/" collection in whatever way its > > policy decides. > > This kind of quota system is incompatible with the quota system in a Unix > filesystem (where AFAIK it's per user) -- a standard proposal must be able > to handle these kinds of systems as well. > > > ... > > Julian > > -- > <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 > >
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