Veritas File System 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1499, April 2011)

edquota creates a temporary file for a specified user. This file contains on-disk

quotas for each mounted VxFS file system that has a quotas file. The temporary

file has one or more lines similar to the following:

fs /mnt blocks (soft = 0, hard = 0) inodes (soft=0, hard=0)

fs /mnt1 blocks (soft = 100, hard = 200) inodes (soft=10, hard=20)

Quotas do not need to be turned on for edquota to work. However, the quota limits

apply only after quotas are turned on for a given file system.

edquota has an option to modify time limits. Modified time limits apply to the

entire file system; you cannot set time limits for an individual user.

To set up user quotas

Invoke the quota editor:

edquota username

Modify the time limit:

edquota -t

Viewing quotas

The superuser or individual user can view disk quotas and usage on VxFS file

systems using the quota command. This command displays the user's quotas and

disk usage on all mounted VxFS file systems where the quotas file exists. You will

see all established quotas regardless of whether or not the quotas are actually

turned on.

To view quotas for a specific user

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Use the quota command to view quotas for a specific user:

quota -v username

Turning off quotas

You can turn off quotas for a mounted file system using the quotaoff command.

To turn off quotas for a file system

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Turn off quotas for a file system:

quotaoff mount_point

Quick Reference

Using quotas

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