Re: [cobalt-users] raq2, letter to Cobalt

["cobalt" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Will and all other who contributed to this small discussion.
Is it possible that the procedure described leads to not being able to check
disk usage by site owners ("disk usage"on their user interfaces)? It is
something that occurs now!?

Best Regards
Henk

----- Original Message -----
From: Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] raq2, letter to Cobalt


> RaQ 2 active monitor over-quota spam may be disabled by editing a perl
> script as root.  Note that installing an OS Update package will
> overwrite any changes you make to the system file described.
>
> User over-quota messages may be avoided by commenting three
> "repair_notify" lines from the perl script /usr/local/sbin/monitor.
>
> The first, for user quotas, can be found near line 198.
> Change it from:
>
>               # is already at 100%.
>               push(@tell,$user);
>             }
>             Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$user,@tell);
>           }
>
> to:
>               # is already at 100%.
>               push(@tell,$user);
>             }
>             # Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$user,@tell);
>           }
>
> And the other two, for groups, are at lines 214 and 219.
> Change monitor from:
>
>             {
>               # tell the group admins, cc: the system admin
>               Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$group,@admins);
>             }
>             else
>             {
>               # tell the system admin only
>               Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$group);
>             }
>
> to:
>
>             {
>               # tell the group admins, cc: the system admin
>               # Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$group,@admins);
>             }
>             else
>             {
>               # tell the system admin only
>               # Cobalt::Repair::repair_notify($svr,$group);
>             }
>
> I hope this can help you immediately.  Alternately you can change the
> arguments that repair_notify is being fed by reading Robert Fisher's
> post.
>
>
> -- Will
>
>
> Henk Heidema wrote:
> >
> > Open letter to Cobalt.
> >
> > After many requests for support and postings on this list I would like
to
> > draw your attention to this problem.
> > The Cobalt raq2 has been configured to automatically send messages with
> > reference to quota excursions.
> > This may be a handy feature from a server-technical point of view,
> > commercially it is a nightmare!
> > I try to keep a good relationship with my customers, by serving them
with
> > advice when ever it seems they need more space or features to their
domains.
> > It is therfore totally unacceptable that a machine spams my customers in
a
> > completely unacceptable and uncontrolable way.
> >
> > I have been asking several times for a way to cancel this feature, but
no
> > result.
> > Therefore I try again, with this letter, to convince Cobalt of the
> > absurdness of this message system and to ask them to provide a way to
cancel
> > it, so I will be the only one addressing my customers.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Henk Heidema
> >
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