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An easy method of creating disk quotas for users
Just a thought, but why not set up .dmg disk images for each user (changing each users home folder location with one of the many methods available on this site). That way, each user is limited to the size of the disk image. You can also encrypt the disk image - though I'm not entirely sure you could make it automounting - that would require access to the keychain, which would be _inside_ the disk image... but worth exploring.
user folders on .dmg
This is exactly what I was about to suggest, with the added comment that since OSX follows aliases even INSIDE disk images (found that long ago, don't remember if a hint was posted already), this method should work in yet unsuspected situations. Like, maybe, keeping the existing users folders where they are but replacing their subfolders with aliases pointing inside disk images elsewhere (allowing distinct quotas for Music and Documents? Easing backup of users stuff? Combine with "real" quotas to minimize usage of the boot volume and store user data to other locations?) |
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