edquota_ufs(1M)
edquota_ufs --
edit user quotas for ufs file system
Synopsis
edquota [-F ufs] [generic_options] [-p proto_user] username . . .
edquota [-F ufs] [generic_options] -t
Description
generic_options are options supported by the
generic edquota command.
edquota is a quota editor.
One or more users may be specified on the command line.
For each user a temporary file is created with an
ASCII
representation of the current disk quotas for that user
for each mounted ufs file system that has a quotas file,
and an editor is then invoked on the file.
The quotas may then be modified, new quotas added, and so on.
Upon leaving the editor,
edquota
reads the temporary file and modifies the binary quota files to reflect
the changes made.
The editor invoked is
vi(1)
unless the
EDITOR
environment variable specifies otherwise.
Only a privileged user may edit quotas.
In order for quotas to be
established on a file system, the root
directory of the file system must
contain a file, owned by root, called
quotas.
See
quotaon(1M)
for details.
proto_user and username can be numeric,
corresponding to the uid of a user.
Unassigned uids may be specified; unassigned names may not.
In this way, default quotas can be established for users
who are later assigned a uid.
ufs-specific options
- -p
-
Duplicate the quotas of the proto_user
specified for each username specified.
This is the normal mechanism used to initialize quotas
for groups of users.
- -t
-
Edit the soft time limits for each file system.
If the time limits are zero, the default time limits in
/usr/include/sys/fs/ufs_quota.h
are used.
Time units of sec(onds), min(utes), hour(s), day(s), week(s), and month(s)
are understood.
Time limits are printed in the greatest possible time unit such that
the value is greater than or equal to one.
Files
- quotas
-
quota file at the file system root
- /etc/mnttab
-
table of mounted file systems
References
generic edquota(1M),
generic quota(1M),
generic quotacheck(1M),
generic quotaon(1M),
generic repquota(1M),
vi(1)
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.