📚 LinuxDocs
Topics:
All Pages8021X HOWTOACP ModemACPI HOWTOADSL Bandwidth Man..ATA RAID HOWTOATM Linux HOWTOAX25 HOWTOAccessibility Dev ..Accessibility HOWTOAdv Bash Scr HOWTOAdv Routing HOWTOAntares RAID sparc..Apache Compile HOWTOApache WebDAV LDAP..Assembly HOWTOAstronomy HOWTOAthlon Powersaving..Authentication Gat..Autodir HOWTOAviation HOWTOAvr Microcontrolle..BRIDGE STP HOWTOBTTVBackspaceDeleteBandwidth Limiting..Bangla HOWTOBash Prompt HOWTOBattery PoweredBelarusian HOWTOBelgian HOWTOBeowulf HOWTOBocaBogoMipsBootdisk HOWTOBridgeC++ dlopenC C++Beautifier HO..C editing with VIM..CDROM HOWTOCDServer HOWTOCable ModemCaudium HOWTOClone HOWTOCompaq Remote Insi..Compaq T1500 HOWTOConexant+Rockwell ..Cryptoloop HOWTODB2 HOWTODHCPDSL HOWTODVD Playback HOWTODebian Binary Pack..Debian JigdoDebian and Windows..Disk Encryption HO..Disk on Chip HOWTODocBook Demystific..DocBook InstallDocBook OpenJade S..Ecology HOWTOEmacspeak HOWTOEncourage Women Li..Encrypted Root Fil..Euro Char SupportEvent HOWTOFedora Multimedia ..Finnish HOWTOFirewall PiercingFlash Memory HOWTOFont HOWTOFramebuffer HOWTOGCC HOWTOGIS GRASSGlibc Install HOWTOHOWTO HOWTOHOWTO INDEXHP HOWTOHandspring VisorHard Disk UpgradeHardware HOWTOHighQuality Apps H..Home Electrical Co..IBM7248 HOWTOIO Perf HOWTOIP AliasIP Masquerade HOWTOIRCImplement Sys Call..Indic Fonts HOWTOInfrared HOWTOIngresII HOWTOInstall StrategiesInstallation HOWTOInstallfest HOWTOIntkeybItalian HOWTOJabber Server Farm..JavaStation HOWTOKerberos Infrastru..Kernel HOWTOKerneldKodak Digitalcam H..LDAP HOWTOLDP Reviewer HOWTOLILO crash rescue ..LVM HOWTOLeased LineLegoLinksys Blue Box R..Linux+Win95Linux+Win9x+Grub H..Linux+Windows HOWTOLinux Complete Bac..Linux Crash HOWTOLinux Gamers HOWTOLinux Modem SharingLinux Promise RAID..Linux i386 Boot Co..LinuxGL QuakeWorld..Lotus DominoR5MILO HOWTOMMBase Inst HOWTOMP3 CD BurningMail User HOWTOMajordomo MajorCoo..Man PageMasquerading Simpl..Medicine HOWTOMindTerm SSH HOWTOMobile IPv6 HOWTOMock MainframeModule HOWTOModulesMotorola Surfboard..Mozilla OptimizationMulti Distro DevNCURSES Programmin..NFS HOWTONFS Root Client mi..NIS HOWTONetMeeting HOWTONetwork boot HOWTONvidia OpenGL Conf..OLSR IPv6 HOWTOOnline Troubleshoo..Oracle 9i Fedora 3..PA RISC Linux Boot..PCTel MicroModem C..PHP Nuke HOWTOPPP HOWTOPagerPalmOS HOWTOPartitionPartition Mass Sto..Partition Mass Sto..Partition RescuePine ExchangePortSlavePost Installation ..Postfix Cyrus Web ..Pre Installation C..Print2WinPrinting HOWTOProcess AccountingProgram Library HO..Proxy ARP SubnetQmail ClamAV HOWTOQmail VMailMgr Cou..Querying libiptc H..RPM HOWTOReading List HOWTORedHat CD HOWTOReliance HOWTORemote BridgingRemote Serial Cons..SCSI 2.4 HOWTOSCSI Generic HOWTOSLIP PPP EmulatorSRM HOWTOSSL Certificates H..Scanner HOWTOScientific Computi..Scripting GUI TclTkSecure CVS PserverSecure Programs HO..Security HOWTOSecurity Quickstar..Security Quickstar..Serial Laplink HOWTOSerial Programming..Slovak HOWTOSmall MemorySmart Card HOWTOSoftware Proj Mgmt..Software Release P..Sound HOWTOSpam Filtering for..Speech Recognition..SquashFS HOWTOSybase ASA HOWTOSybase ASE HOWTOSybase PHP ApacheTCP Keepalive HOWTOTamil Linux HOWTOTimePrecision HOWTOTimeSys Linux Inst..Token RingTraffic Control HO..Traffic Control tc..UPS HOWTOUnix Hardware Buye..Unix and Internet ..UpgradeUsenet News HOWTOUser Authenticatio..VB6 to TclVMS to Linux HOWTOVPN HOWTOValgrind HOWTOVideoLAN HOWTOVim HOWTOVirtual WebWebcam HOWTOWikiText HOWTOWindows Newsreader..Wireless Link sys ..Wireless Sync HOWTOXDM XtermXDMCP HOWTOXFree Local multi ..XFree86 HOWTOXFree86 R200XFree86 Second MouseXFree86 Video Timi..XML RPC HOWTOXWindow Overview H..XWindow User HOWTOXinerama HOWTOXterminalsHtml singleI810 HOWTOLibdc1394 HOWTOOpenMosix HOWTOPhhttpd HOWTOPpp sshText
Next Previous Contents

1. What is quota?

1.1 What is quota for?

Quota allows you to specify limits on two aspects of disk storage: the number of inodes a user or a group of users may possess; and the number of disk blocks that may be allocated to a user or a group of users. .:: mooc.ifro.edu.br ::. .:: onne.link ::. .:: www.arc.agric.za ::.

The idea behind quota is that users are forced to stay under their disk consumption limit, taking away their ability to consume unlimited disk space on a system. Quota is handled on a per user, per file system basis. If there is more than one file system which a user is expected to create files, then quota must be set for each file system separately. Various tools are available for you to administer and automate quota policies on your system. .:: www.arc.agric.za ::. .:: www.behance.net ::.

1.2 Current Status of Quota on Linux

Currently, there are some major changes in the way quota works. There are two different setups. The tools works the same, but there's a difference in used files. This document describes the setup and operation of the _new_ quota setup. As the new setup of quota is not in the regular kernel source, this setup needs some patching. We will describe this patching and installation of the linuxquota package. If you already have the quota software installed on your system, you may or may not have to install this patch and package. You can email me if you have any questions about this. I'll try to include a overview of Linux distro's and it's implications in a later version of this document. [Reference: TypeScript] [Scientific Data: SQL injection]


Next Previous Contents

Share or Research:

Share on FB Post to X LinkedIn 🤖 Ask AI about this