VERITAS File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide

Quota
Using Quotas
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edquota
You can set up user quotas using the edquota command. You must have superuser privileges
to edit quotas:
# edquota username
edquota creates a temporary file for the given user; this file contains on–disk quotas for each
mounted file system that has a quotas file. It is not necessary that quotas be turned on for
edquota to work. However, the quota limits are applicable only after quotas are turned on for
a given file system.
The soft and hard limits can be modified or assigned values. For any user, usage can never
exceed the hard limit after quotas are turned on. Time limits can be modified using the
command:
# edquota –t
Modified time limits apply to the entire file system and cannot be set selectively for each user.
quota
Use the quota command to view a user’s disk quotas and usage on VxFS file systems:
# quota –v username
This displays the user's quotas and disk usage on all mounted VxFS file systems where the
quotas file exists.
quot
Use the quot command to display the number of blocks owned by each user in a file system.
The following command displays the number of files and the space owned by each user:
# quot –f filesystem
quotaoff
To turn off quotas for a mounted file system, enter:
# quotaoff / mount_point