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setquota - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
setquota - set disk quotas
SYNOPSIS
setquota [
-r ]
[
-u |
-g ]
[
-x ]
[
-F quotaformat ]
name block-softlimit block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit -a |
filesystem...
setquota [
-r ]
[
-u |
-g ]
[
-x ]
[
-F quotaformat ]
[
-p protoname ]
name -a |
filesystem...
setquota -b [
-r ]
[
-u |
-g ]
[
-x ]
[
-F quotaformat ]
-a |
filesystem...
setquota -t [
-u |
-g ]
[
-x ]
[
-F quotaformat ]
block-grace inode-grace -a |
filesystem...
setquota -T [
-u |
-g ]
[
-x ]
[
-F quotaformat ]
name block-grace inode-grace -a |
filesystem... DESCRIPTION
setquota is a command line quota editor.
The filesystem, user/group name and new quotas for this
filesystem can be specified on the command line. Note that if a number is
given in the place of a user/group name it is threated as an UID/GID.
Tag | Description |
-r |
Edit also remote quota use rpc.rquotad on remote server to set quota. This
option is available only if quota tools were compiled with enabled support
for setting quotas over RPC.
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-F quotaformat | |
Perform setting for specified format (ie. dont perform format autodetection).
Possible format names are:
vfsold (version 1 quota),
vfsv0 (version 2 quota),
rpc (quota over NFS),
xfs (quota on XFS filesystem)
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-u |
Set user quotas for named user. This is the default.
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-g |
Set group quotas for named group.
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-x |
Always try to translate name to id, even if it is composed of only digits.
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-p protoname | |
Use quota settings of user or group
protoname to set the quota for the named user or group.
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-b |
Read information to set from stdin (input format is
name block-softlimit block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit ).
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-t |
Set grace times for users/groups. Times
block-grace and
inode-grace are specified in seconds.
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-T |
Alter times for individual user/group when softlimit is enforced. Times
block-grace and
inode-grace are specified in seconds or can be string unset.
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-a |
Go through all filesystems with quota in
/etc/mtab and perform setting.
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To disable a quota, set the coresponding parameter to 0. To change quotas
for several filesystems, invoke once for each filesystem.
Only the super-user may edit quotas.
FILES
Tag | Description |
aquota.user or aquota.group | |
quota file at the filesystem root (version 2 quota, non-XFS filesystems)
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quota.user or quota.group | |
quota file at the filesystem root (version 1 quota, non-XFS filesystems)
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/etc/mtab |
mounted filesystem table
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SEE ALSO
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