I try to chmod some files and I get the error disk quota exceeded:It's true that I don't have that much space remaining in the filesystem where I use chmod, namelynfs.mit.edu:/export/evodesign/beatdb (which is an NFS), either in terms of bytes or in terms of inodes:But why does chmod need more space?I use Ubuntu 12.04.Edit: Some more info following the comments:1) I don't know the OS of the NFS server (nmap -O nfs-server-ip didn't return anything)2) The NFS protocol in use by a mounted NFS filesystem is NFSv3:3) quota -v:4) I don't have any /var/log/messages logs, I do have some /var/log/syslog logs but nothing looks weird there.
Why does chmod require disk space? Not-in-place algorithm?
nfs;chmod;quota