Subject: Re: [vserver] Issue with space_total
From: Jason Drage <jasond@ibsglobalweb.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:10:37 +1100

srtt.be - Michel Lombart wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm facing this issue.
>
> On a new server, a classical Debian Etch, I've a root partition of 71G
> and a /home partition of 750G.
>
> I build virtual servers in a directory /home/vservers/|<servername>/|
> without any problem.
>
> Meanwhile I can't allow any virtual server to use more than 71G of
> disk space.
>
> I followed http://flakey.info/linux/vservers-on-debian-linux.html :
> |	mkdir -p /etc/vservers/<servername>/dlimits/0
> 	echo /home/vservers/<servername> > /etc/vservers/<servername>/dlimits/0/directory
> 	echo $(( 200 * 1024 * 1024 )) > /etc/vservers/<servername>/dlimits/0/space_total
> 	echo 100000 > /etc/vservers/<servername>/dlimits/0/inodes_total
> 	echo 5 > /etc/vservers/<servername>/dlimits/0/reserved
>
> I can limit total allowed space to smaller value like 10G but never more then 71G.
>
> It seems that the size of the root partition is the limit, even if the virtual server
is contained in a larger one.
>
> Do you have any idea on how to solve that issue.
>
> Thank for your help.
>
> Michel|
>
Hi Michel,
it sounds like your vdirbase ( /etc/vservers/.defaults/vdirbase ) still
points to the default location.
What is the output of #ls -l /etc/vservers/.defaults/vdirbase ?

-- Jason