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.
>
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