SETQUOTA(8) SETQUOTA(8)
NAME
setquota - set disk quotas
SYNOPSIS
setquota [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] name block-softlimit
block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit -a | filesystem...
setquota [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] [ -p protoname ] name -a
| filesystem...
setquota -b [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] -a | filesystem...
setquota -t [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] block-grace inode-grace -a |
filesystem...
setquota -T [ -u | -g ] [ -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.
-r Edit also remote quota use rpc.rquotad on remote server to set
quota. This option is available only if quota tools were com-
piled with enabled support for setting quotas over RPC.
-F quotaformat
Perform setting for specified format (ie. don’t perform format
autodetection). Possible format names are: vfsold (version 1
quota), vfsv0 (version 2 quota), rpc (quota over NFS), xfs
(quota on XFS filesystem)
-u Set user quotas for named user. This is the default.
-g Set group quotas for named group.
-p protoname
Use quota settings of user or group protoname to set the quota
for the named user or group.
-b Read information to set from stdin (input format is name block-
softlimit block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit ).
-t Set grace times for users/groups. Times block-grace and inode-
grace are specified in seconds.
-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’.
-a Go through all filesystems with quota in /etc/mtab and perform
setting.
To disable a quota, set the coresponding parameter to 0. To change quo-
tas for several filesystems, invoke once for each filesystem.
Only the super-user may edit quotas.
FILES
aquota.user or aquota.group
quota file at the filesystem root (version 2 quota,
non-XFS filesystems)
quota.user or quota.group
quota file at the filesystem root (version 1 quota,
non-XFS filesystems)
/etc/mtab mounted filesystem table
SEE ALSO
edquota(8), quota(1), quotactl(2), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8),
repquota(8)
SETQUOTA(8)
