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jason

01-08-2004, 08:26 PM

Hi,
Is there a way to limit the size of a folder? we have
user home directories on a server and we need to set a
limit to, say, 500 mb.

Thanks

Joe Griffin [MSFT]

01-08-2004, 10:12 PM

Yes, you have to set quotas.
Joe Griffin[MS]
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Hi,
Is there a way to limit the size of a folder? we have
user home directories on a server and we need to set a
limit to, say, 500 mb.

Thanks

Joe Griffin [MSFT]

01-08-2004, 10:12 PM

Leonard Severt [MSFT]

01-10-2004, 01:28 PM

"jason" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:01e601c3d625
$a9bbb150$a501280a@phx.gbl:

> Hi,
> Is there a way to limit the size of a folder? we have
> user home directories on a server and we need to set a
> limit to, say, 500 mb.
>
> Thanks
>

You can enable disk quotas on a per user basis and set the limit to 500
mb. Just look in help and it will show you how.

Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team

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01-10-2004, 01:28 PM