Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266362AbUJVRRV (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:17:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266333AbUJVRNj (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:13:39 -0400 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:59782 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268435AbUJVRGQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:06:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:06:05 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Alan Cox cc: Linus Torvalds , Jan Kara , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] Quota warnings somewhat broken In-Reply-To: <1098455105.19459.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20041022093423.GC31932@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <1098455105.19459.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 903 Lines: 24 >> Why does this code use tty_write_message() in the first place? It's a bit >> rude to mess up the users tty without any way to disable it, isn't it? See http://linux01.org:2222/f/hxtools/kernel/265-quota_warnflag.diff for a patch that allows the administrator of the local box to change this behavior via sysctl. >Tradition I guess. It's what every other quota system does, including >making annoying messes. In the new world order I guess it should be a >netlink message out to dbus and the desktop ;) Jan Engelhardt -- Gesellschaft f?r Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Am Fassberg, 37077 G?ttingen, www.gwdg.de Tel 0162.3520895 or 05502.3009.63 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/