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|    Pawel Mojski to All    |
|    Re: Need a per-user network traffic stat    |
|    05 May 08 16:28:31    |
      From: pawcio@pawcio.net              Nikos Chantziaras pisze:       > pk wrote:       >> On Monday 5 May 2008 12:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:       >>       >>> Anyone knows of a good tool that can report network traffic along with       >>> how much bandwidth each user consumed?       >>       >> You don't provide much detail, however I suppose that by "each user" you       >> mean "each ip/mac address/host", otherwise things become complicated.       >       > Sorry for that, I should have explained better. By "user" I mean the       > actual user ID on the system, not a host or NIC. The exact details look       > like this: I get an email from the IT department that machine X       > generated 2TB of outgoing traffic in 1 week. Now I already know how       > this traffic was generated; Bit Torrent. But it's a machine with about       > 150 users, so I'd like a way to find out which user is responsible for       > the traffic peak.       >       > I don't think I need traffic shaping or quotas. Just a means to see how       > much bandwidth each user consumed so I can simply email them to throttle       > their downloads and uploads in the future.       >       > I guess actual per-user traffic shaping would be quite complicated, so       > that's why I asked about a tool that can give the info I need.              You can use --uid-owner for markng per-user traffic and in qos match it       to correct policy.              Regards,       Pawel Mojski              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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