RE: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server

["Mark Orenstein" <morenstein@alum.mit.edu>]

I am using the version of Samba that came with Redhat 6.0.  When I right
clicked/properties on a mapped drive, I think what is being returned is all
the used space in the whole hard drive partition and all the free space in
the whole partition.

About the only suggestion I can offer is to have each user create a
directory and allocate all files and directories under this "root
equivalent" directory.  When right clicking/properties on this directory, I
think the space utilization will be correct.

Mark Orenstein

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
Of Mike Wohlgemuth
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:36 AM
To: seul-edu@seul.org
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server


Well, I am at school now and right clicking on the mapped sharename gives me
an
incorrect directory size ...

Maybe I will try to upgrade like Kevin suggested. Before I do so, has anyone
tried this on a newer version of samba (I am running 1.9.18p10 --- see
below)?


Mike

Mark Orenstein wrote:
>
> I don't know whether this will help, but from a W98 machine, if I right
> click/properties on a sharename (by expanding Network Neighborhood), then
I
> do not get any space information.  On the other hand, if I map the
sharename
> to a "drive letter" and then from Windows Explorer, right
click/properties,
> then I will get space utilization information (however, it seems to be
> truncated to 2Gigs).  I'm testing this at home using a W98/W95 peer
network.
> I'll try it tomorrow with Samba at work.
>
> Mark Orenstein
> East Granby, CT School System
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> Of Mike Wohlgemuth
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:41 PM
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server
>
> Hi all ... I am trying to find an "easy" way for users to know how much
> directory space they are using from a Win Nt workstation.
>
> Here is the scenario ... a samba server (1.9.18p10) that shares users home
> directories.
> The relevant part of smb.conf is
>
> [homes]
>    comment = %U's Files
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>
> when the user right clicks on her folder, and selects properties, from a
> workstation (all are NT 4.0) she gets the dialog "The server does not
accept
> remote requests" . If she goes inside of her directory and right clicks
and
> selects properties on a folder, then she gets all relevant information.
>
> How do I make it so that she can also see the properties on her folder?
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Mike Wohlgemuth
>
> Technology Coordinator
> Mathematics Teacher
> SAIL High School
> Tallahassee, Fla.
>
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>
> Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
> translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
> entirely different.
>                 -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

--
Mike Wohlgemuth

Technology Coordinator
Mathematics Teacher
SAIL High School
Tallahassee, Fla.

mikE wohlgemutH  > shred@m21.sail.leon.k12.fl.us
sail higH schooL > http://www.sail.leon.k12.fl.us/

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they
translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something
entirely different.
                -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe