Filesystem and free space

From	Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Filesystem and free space
Date	2021-12-12 20:20 +0100
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Hi,
I've learned thru this mailing list that it was something "from decades
ago" to create a filesystem for /tmp, /var, /home, /usr, etc unless
really needed. I must admit it make sense and I'd be better served by
either a one partition or only a /home separate.

Now here's my question :
How can I ensure that user (or a software being run by a user that goes
crazy) doesn't fill up the whole filesystem ?
I know there's quota but what I want to ensure is simply that no user
can write to disk unless there's at least 2 GB left free on partition.
Is this possible ?

Thanks
And happy new years / Christmas / whatever you do take some time off.
-- 
Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside
-Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development

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Filesystem and free space Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-12-12 20:20 +0100
  Re: Filesystem and free space Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-12-12 20:30 +0100
    Re: Filesystem and free space Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2021-12-13 09:20 +0100
      Re: Filesystem and free space Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-12-13 20:20 +0100
  Re: Filesystem and free space Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-12-13 13:20 +0100

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