Quota fails with "invalid Argument"

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.3

Symptom:

After installation, setup of quota and reboot it fails with something similar like:

beaulieu:~ # quotaon -a
quotaon: using /home/aquota.group on /dev/sda1 [/home]: Invalid argument
quotaon: using /home/aquota.user on /dev/sda1 [/home]: Invalid argument

Cause:

Our Paket on the CD has an error.

Solution:

make Yast Online Update (YOU) of package quota and run:

quotacheck -vuga

und after this:

rcquota start

Keywords: QUOTA

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