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Posted by Alfred on 09/14/06 18:09
On 14 Sep 2006 07:05:49 -0700, Mike wrote...
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>I'm working on creating some webspace storage for subscribed users on a
>site.
>
>I want to allocate say 10meg to each user so they can upload as many
>images, audio and video they want.
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>I've though of 2 ways to work out when they reach their 10meg limit.
>Each user will be allocated a directory on the server.
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>1) check their directory on the server for how much space is left prior
>to each upload and if the proposed uploaded file will exceed the 10meg
>limit, reject it.
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>2) on each upload, store the file details, including file size to a
>database and prior to each upload total that users files together and
>work out if it will exceed the 10meg limit.
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>Any suggestions on which way would be best?
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>Thanks
>
>Mike
>
Depending on the type of system you are running your web server on, your OS may
have a way of setting quotas for all its users. For just basic security it may
be worth setting up that type of feature to put a cap on what a person is able
to upload to the server.
If that option is available on your setup, there's usually some tool for
reporting and can probably use that to generate a feedback for who is using up
what. I've seen the quota option on FreeBSD and believe it's used on Linux also,
but not familiar enough with Windows.
Alfred
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