users in dir other than /home

**mgdoyle** · 07-24-2005 08:06 AM

Hi all,

The /home directory on my server is 88%. I want to configure cPanel so that new users are added to a directory on a second hard drive I have installed in the box. Is this possible? I would like to leave /home on the primary drive and all the currnet users in it, and use the new drive for new users.

TIA.

**RavenSoul_** · 07-24-2005 08:12 AM

In WHM:
Server Configuration > Basic cPanel/WHM Setup > Default Home Directory

**jdibben** · 08-09-2005 11:52 AM

I have done this. Everything has been working just fine.

The only problem I am having now is disk usage is not being calculated in cPanel for my users.

Where do I change where cPanel is calculating disk usage for clients?

**chirpy** · 08-09-2005 12:05 PM

Make sure that you have disk quotas enabled for the partition that you are using, both in /etc/fstab and using quota. /scripts/initquota and /scripts/fixquotas are a good place to start too.

**jdibben** · 08-09-2005 01:11 PM

Edit fstab to this?

Code:

/dev/hdc1               /backup                 ext3    defaults,usrquota        1 1

I'm not sure about quotas. This is what WHM says to me.

Originally Posted by WHM

Warning: enabling quotas on a machine that does not have kernel support for quotas may result in an unbootable system. This should only happen if you have compiled a custom kernel on your machine WITHOUT quota support. Proceed at your own risk.

I can't get /scripts/initquota to run and already tried /scripts/fixquotas with no change.

Thanks!

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 10:47 AM

Any ideas?

**chirpy** · 08-10-2005 10:48 AM

Once you have edited fstab you need to remount that partition or reboot the server (whichever is simplest for you) then run initquotas.

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 10:58 AM

All the users are located in /backup/home now.

Do I need to edit fstab to match?

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 11:10 AM

I have also noticed that WHM shows the wrong partition for the accounts I had created prior to the new drive being installed.

I did the reboot and I still can't run /scripts/initquotas.

Code:

-bash: /scripts/initquota: No such file or directory

**chirpy** · 08-10-2005 11:11 AM

You've missed the s off the end of the script name which you correctly spelled in the line before

/scripts/initquotas

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 11:16 AM

Serious newbishness going on here.

The script, of course, is running now.

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by chirpy

Make sure that you have disk quotas enabled for the partition that you are using, both in /etc/fstab and using quota.

When you say 'and using quota" what exactly do you mean.

I've done everything so far. I wonder if WHM needs to update for everyone's cPanel to reflect how much space they have used?

**chirpy** · 08-10-2005 11:27 AM

initquotas should take care of that, if not, run /scripts/fixquotas afterwards. Basically, you should see two files at the top of the partition that holds accounts:

aquota.user
quota.user

These are the files that contain the data for the linux quota system.

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 11:32 AM

Ok, well, for some reason the changes I made to fstab didn't save. I must have done something wrong. I'll try this again.

I do see those files. I bet that if I fix fstab, and save it right, everything will work.

Thank you so much for your assistance!

**jdibben** · 08-10-2005 12:14 PM

fstab isn't keeping my changes after I run those who scripts. It was after the reboot, I think.

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