Re: Disk quotas

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Who is listed as the owner of the files in question? Depending on how you
> "moved the data" it may no longer be each user.
>
> Personally, although disk quotas can be handy, I don't like the built-in
MS
> stuff for this purpose - I don't *want* it to be per user/per volume. I
just
> usually want it to be per *folder*, regardless of owner.
>
> You can reset the owner on the server, if you need to....

I was thinking that, but I hadn't checked the ownership of a large number
of the files. If I had taken ownership when I moved them, that wouldn't
explain why both users hit their limit at the same time, would it?


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