Assuming you're using RHEL6 default (ext4) you have to mount the filesystem with the following options:
"aquota.user" can be set to anything you want, and jqfmt's value can be set to "vsfsv0" (default), "vsfold" or "xfs" (there are others but they're less popular).
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I'm new to Unix and I'm trying to determin how much space I have on this system. the box is dedicated to Oracle and I log in as the oracle user and type quota. It retrunes nothing. Then I log on as root and type quota -v oracle.. It returns nothing! Gosh this is actually a solaris 5.7 box. ... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I'm having some trouble with the quota's I've set on our HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800. Well not really with the quota's because I was able to set them and get them working without a problem but the problem resides somewhere with our AS/U (Advanced Server for HP9000 Release B.04.06.07 and... (5 Replies)
hi!
i would like to enable user quota on my system (FreeBSD 6.2)
i've check on enabling user quota here but i still confuse with fstab
it shows there:
/dev/da1s2g /home ufs rw,userquota 1 2
but my current /etc/fstab :
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options ... (1 Reply)
Hi all!
I'm a user of Debian Etch. I've problem with my accoun't quota. After I removed all of my files from my home directory, and typed:
du -hs
It showed me:
76K .
But when I used quota command, it showed me:
Disk quotas for user X (uid *********):
Filesystem blocks quota ... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I am new to Unix admin. Can anyone tell me how to set disk quota for the users in /export/home directory? Pls specify the exact command. Thanks (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am trying to make a script in which the user is notified once the disk space of the environment increases a particular threshold.
I have made a script for it but I am facing an error while executing it.
Could any one here guide me further??
Script
#!/bin/sh
warninglimit=350000... (22 Replies)
Hi,
I want to apply the user quota, but i am unable to apply the quota to user.
Kindly provide the guide line, so that i can sortout the problem.
Step 1: Create partion on device
#fdisk /dev/sda (because hard disk is scsi)
#n (new partition table) i.e /dev/sda8.
#p ( to print the partition... (2 Replies)
I am running on CentOS 5.3 x86 64bit.
I setup quotas on /home as I thought successfully, I tested numerous times with a couple of different users. I login this morning and find my /home near 100% wondering what happened.
I have one user that some how blew through his 3.5 gig quota and... (1 Reply)
Hello,
Could anyone please enumerate some of the pros and cons to using a Journaled FileSystem?
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I know clearly not losing data during a failed move or copy is a big pro, correct? Let's build off of... (8 Replies)
I would like to set quota for ALL USERS on a particular filesystem and the quota to be set for NEWLY CREATED USERS also.
I am not sure, whether my question is clear. I can set quota for all users but my requirement is, I want the same quota to be set automatically for the user which is going... (2 Replies)