Windows 2003 Disk Quota

[Guest Jas]

I have setup Windows 2003 Disk Quota and question is when users delete there

files from shared drives there quota is not dropping, Can someone help me out

Thanks

[Guest leew [MVP]]

Re: Windows 2003 Disk Quota

 

Jas wrote:

> I have setup Windows 2003 Disk Quota and question is when users delete there

> files from shared drives there quota is not dropping, Can someone help me out

> Thanks

>

 

Quotas are based on file ownership... if you (as the admin) copied files

to the server into their folder for some reason, then this would not

count towards their quota and when they deleted the files, there would

be no change in the quota.

 

If they DO own the files they are deleting, then you should see

available space on the network drive increasing. The Quota entries

displayed on the disk properties may take a little time to reflect the

change though.

[Guest Jas]

Re: Windows 2003 Disk Quota

 

I did test I delete some files from users folder and the quota did not drop

it been 2 week since I have deleted the files around 700MB.

 

Thanks

 

 

"leew [MVP]" wrote:

> Jas wrote:

> > I have setup Windows 2003 Disk Quota and question is when users delete there

> > files from shared drives there quota is not dropping, Can someone help me out

> > Thanks

> >

>

> Quotas are based on file ownership... if you (as the admin) copied files

> to the server into their folder for some reason, then this would not

> count towards their quota and when they deleted the files, there would

> be no change in the quota.

>

> If they DO own the files they are deleting, then you should see

> available space on the network drive increasing. The Quota entries

> displayed on the disk properties may take a little time to reflect the

> change though.

>

[Guest leew [MVP]]

Re: Windows 2003 Disk Quota

 

Jas wrote:

> I did test I delete some files from users folder and the quota did not drop

> it been 2 week since I have deleted the files around 700MB.

>

> Thanks

>

>

> "leew [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Jas wrote:

>>> I have setup Windows 2003 Disk Quota and question is when users delete there

>>> files from shared drives there quota is not dropping, Can someone help me out

>>> Thanks

>>>

>> Quotas are based on file ownership... if you (as the admin) copied files

>> to the server into their folder for some reason, then this would not

>> count towards their quota and when they deleted the files, there would

>> be no change in the quota.

>>

>> If they DO own the files they are deleting, then you should see

>> available space on the network drive increasing. The Quota entries

>> displayed on the disk properties may take a little time to reflect the

>> change though.

>>

 

Are you CERTAIN the files were OWNED by him? You do understand what I

mean by file ownership - the File properties, security tab, advanced

button, owner tab.

[Guest Jas]

Re: Windows 2003 Disk Quota

 

Thanks Lee, but I am very CERTAIN the files were OWNED by him because I

create the file under his login and I use my login account and deleted his

700MB file but quota is still say's 700MB it been 3weeks since I have deleted

the file. Can anyone help me out on this.

 

Thanks

 

"leew [MVP]" wrote:

> Jas wrote:

> > I did test I delete some files from users folder and the quota did not drop

> > it been 2 week since I have deleted the files around 700MB.

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> >

> > "leew [MVP]" wrote:

> >

> >> Jas wrote:

> >>> I have setup Windows 2003 Disk Quota and question is when users delete there

> >>> files from shared drives there quota is not dropping, Can someone help me out

> >>> Thanks

> >>>

> >> Quotas are based on file ownership... if you (as the admin) copied files

> >> to the server into their folder for some reason, then this would not

> >> count towards their quota and when they deleted the files, there would

> >> be no change in the quota.

> >>

> >> If they DO own the files they are deleting, then you should see

> >> available space on the network drive increasing. The Quota entries

> >> displayed on the disk properties may take a little time to reflect the

> >> change though.

> >>

>

> Are you CERTAIN the files were OWNED by him? You do understand what I

> mean by file ownership - the File properties, security tab, advanced

> button, owner tab.

>

>