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31 .\" @(#)edquota.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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45 .Op Fl p Ar proto-username
49 .Fl e Ar fspath Ns Op : Ns Ar bslim Ns Op : Ns Ar bhlim Ns Op : Ns Ar islim Ns Op : Ns Ar ihlim
55 .Op Fl p Ar proto-groupname
59 .Fl e Ar fspath Ns Op : Ns Ar bslim Ns Op : Ns Ar bhlim Ns Op : Ns Ar islim Ns Op : Ns Ar ihlim
76 one or more users may be specified on the command line.
77 For each user a temporary file is created
80 representation of the current
81 disk quotas for that user.
82 The list of filesystems with user quotas is determined from
84 An editor is invoked on the
89 unless the environment variable
93 The quotas may then be modified, new quotas added, etc.
94 Setting a quota to zero indicates that no quota should be imposed.
95 Setting a hard limit to one indicates that no allocations should
97 Setting a soft limit to one with a hard limit of zero
98 indicates that allocations should be permitted only on
99 a temporary basis (see
102 The current usage information in the file is for informational purposes;
103 only the hard and soft limits can be changed.
105 On leaving the editor,
107 reads the temporary file and modifies the binary
108 quota files to reflect the changes made.
114 will duplicate the quotas of the prototypical user
115 specified for each user specified.
116 This is the normal mechanism used to
117 initialize quotas for groups of users.
118 If the user given to assign quotas to is a numerical uid
119 range (e.g. 1000-2000), then
121 will duplicate the quotas of the prototypical user
122 for each uid in the range specified. This allows
123 for easy setup of default quotas for a group of users.
124 The uids in question do not have to be currently assigned in
128 .Fl e Ar fspath Ns Op : Ns Ar bslim Ns Op : Ns Ar bhlim Ns Op : Ns Ar islim Ns Op : Ns Ar ihlim
129 options are specified,
131 will non-interactively set quotas defined by
136 on each particular filesystem referenced by
140 is soft limit on number of blocks,
142 is hard limit on number of blocks,
144 is soft limit on number of files and
146 is hard limit on number of files.
152 values are omitted, it is assumed to be zero, therefore
153 indicating that no quota should be imposed.
159 will read and modify quotas on the filesystem specified by
164 argument may be either a special device
165 or a filesystem mount point.
166 The primary purpose of this option is to set the scope for the
168 option, which would overwrite quota records on every
169 filesystem with quotas otherwise.
175 is invoked to edit the quotas of
176 one or more groups specified on the command line.
179 flag can be specified in conjunction with
182 flag to specify a prototypical group
183 to be duplicated among the listed set of groups.
186 flag can be specified in conjunction with
189 flag to non-interactively set-up quotas on the listed set
192 Users are permitted to exceed their soft limits
193 for a grace period that may be specified per filesystem.
194 Once the grace period has expired,
195 the soft limit is enforced as a hard limit.
196 The default grace period for a filesystem is specified in
197 .In vfs/ufs/quota.h .
200 flag can be used to change the grace period.
201 By default, or when invoked with the
204 the grace period is set for all the filesystems with user
207 When invoked with the
209 flag the grace period is
210 set for all the filesystems with group quotas specified in
212 The grace period may be specified in days, hours, minutes, or seconds.
213 Setting a grace period to zero indicates that the default
214 grace period should be imposed.
215 Setting a grace period to one second indicates that no
216 grace period should be granted.
218 Only the super-user may edit quotas.
220 .Bl -tag -width quota.group -compact
222 at the filesystem root with user quotas
224 at the filesystem root with group quotas
226 to find filesystem names and locations
229 Various messages about inaccessible files; self-explanatory.