Quota: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:50, 7 April 2011

As root:

apt-get install quota quotatool

update /etc/fstab:

/dev/sdb1 /home ext4 usrquota,usrjquota=quota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 0 0

Then run these commands:

touch /home/quota.user
chmod 600 /home/quota.user
mount -o remount /home
quotacheck -avum
quotaon -avu

To see usage and quotas for all users:

repquota -a

To set a soft limit of 30GB and a hard limit of 32GB for barney (units are 1KB blocks):

setquota barney 31457280 33554432 0 0 /home

To copy barney's limit to charlie and darwin:

edquota -p barney charlie darwin

To edit a single user's quota:

edquota barney

To turn quotas off and on:

quotaon
quotaoff

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 == Set up ==
 As root:
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 </pre>
+Then run these commands:
 <pre>
 touch /home/quota.user
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 </pre>
+== Manage ==
+To see usage and quotas for all users:
+<pre>
+repquota -a
+</pre>
+To set a soft limit of 30GB and a hard limit of 32GB for barney (units are 1KB blocks):
+<pre>
+setquota barney 31457280 33554432 0 0 /home
+</pre>
-== Manage ==
+To copy barney's limit to charlie and darwin:
+<pre>
+edquota -p barney charlie darwin
+</pre>
+To edit a single user's quota:
+<pre>
+edquota barney
+</pre>
+To turn quotas off and on:
+<pre>
+quotaon
+quotaoff
+</pre>
 == References ==