[Cosmo-dev] space usage reports

[Mike Taylor]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Brian Moseley wrote:

> i just checked in the ability for admins to get space usage reports
> with cmp. check it out:
> <http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/ 
> BrianMoseleyCosmoSpaceUsageReports>
>
> jared (and everyone else), i'd appreciate it if you could give this
> feature a try and let me know your thoughts on the questions i noted
> on that wiki page.

Here's some thoughts I had about the report output:

   - I would list the username in a column of it's own - if I am parsing  
the report having it as a column means I don't have to parse the path  
for the user
   - I would avoid trying to do summaries or other than the most basic  
aggregation.  I think it's a case of opening pandora's box - once you  
do one you will get requests to do others.  Just list the data and let  
the user write an aggregation script
   - The system summary could not show the path info and the user detail  
could include it
   - The UUID information could be included only in the user detail
   - I would re-order the columns to reflect the priority of the  
information.  The last modified date/time is, to me, less important  
than the user, size, path.  Making the order be User, Size,  
Last-Modified and then Path allows for a pass thru the command line  
utilities with minimal breakage

Here's a devil's advocate question - should the usage report include  
individual items.  As a user I don't know if I would want each file  
listed.  I know the root user can see all, but should that be the  
default for a usage log?  Also, does the admin really want to know each  
single item?  What's the current thinking on admins knowing about user  
data?  Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell or DHS-Knows-All ?

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Bear

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