Disk Quotas to Group..

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Is it possible to set Disk Quotas to Group rather than Individual User,
because I am going to set more than 100 users disk quotas, if I have to set
it individually, it is time costly....

In addition , that File Server is running Windows 2003 Server (not R2 and
SP2), in Standalone mode (not joined to AD)

Thanks.
 
Hi LamSoft,

This is what Microsoft definitively says about it..
"
In case you're wondering, disk quotas apply to the files and folders owned
by a user. (Files and folders, by the way, can be owned only by users, not
groups, which is why disk quotas - with one exception - can be assigned only
to users.)
Any file created by an administrator is owned by the Administrators group
rather than the individual administrator. This is the one exception we
talked about earlier. You can configure a disk quota entry for the
Administrators group, but not for any other group. (Sure, it's unfair. But
in glancing through our list of old adages, we can't find a listing anywhere
for "Life is fair.")
"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx

I wish there was a way to do it too.

Coraleigh Miller


"LamSoft" <[nospam]lamsoft@lamsoft.net> wrote in message
news:Ok6jmTt4HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Is it possible to set Disk Quotas to Group rather than Individual User,
> because I am going to set more than 100 users disk quotas, if I have to
> set it individually, it is time costly....
>
> In addition , that File Server is running Windows 2003 Server (not R2 and
> SP2), in Standalone mode (not joined to AD)
>
> Thanks.
>
 
On Aug 20, 3:05 pm, "Coraleigh Miller" <CoraleighMil...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi LamSoft,
>
> This is what Microsoft definitively says about it..
> "
> In case you're wondering, disk quotas apply to the files and folders owned
> by a user. (Files and folders, by the way, can be owned only by users, not
> groups, which is why disk quotas - with one exception - can be assigned only
> to users.)
> Any file created by an administrator is owned by the Administrators group
> rather than the individual administrator. This is the one exception we
> talked about earlier. You can configure a disk quota entry for the
> Administrators group, but not for any other group. (Sure, it's unfair. But
> in glancing through our list of old adages, we can't find a listing anywhere
> for "Life is fair.")
> "http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx
>
> I wish there was a way to do it too.
>
> Coraleigh Miller
>
> "LamSoft" <[nospam]lams...@lamsoft.net> wrote in message
>
> news:Ok6jmTt4HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Is it possible to set Disk Quotas to Group rather than Individual User,
> > because I am going to set more than 100 users disk quotas, if I have to
> > set it individually, it is time costly....
>
> > In addition , that File Server is running Windows 2003 Server (not R2 and
> > SP2), in Standalone mode (not joined to AD)
>
> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

you could always script the disk quota's using vbs and AD, there are
some scripts on my site that may be helpful.
depending on if you have scripted before, but the best gun in the sys
admins arsnal is scripting.
check out :-
http://www.itcontractors.org/howto-do-just-about-anything/howto-s-scripting-solutions/index.php
and
www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/sgwho.mspx
David
http://www.itcontractors.org
Knowledge...shared
 
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