EDQUOTA(8) Domain/OS BSD EDQUOTA(8)
NAME
edquota - edit disk quota table
SYNOPSIS
/etc/edquota device -l
/etc/edquota device -d user ...
/etc/edquota device limit user ...
DESCRIPTION
edquota is used to change entries in the quota table for a specified
device. Entries can be deleted, added or changed.
OPTIONS
-l Causes the contents of the quota table to be displayed. The
following information is shown for each entry:
user the user (person) this quota is for
quota-limit
the maximum amount of disk space (in 1024-byte units) that this
user is allowed
currently-used
the amount of disk space (in 1024 byte units) currently charged
against this user
-d The specified users are removed from the quota table. Thereafter,
assuming that quota checking is enabled, they will not be allowed to
"allocate" any additional space on the device in question.
limit
The maximum quota for the specified users is set to this many 1024-
byte units. If a user is already in the quota table, his/her
maximum quota is changed to this new value.
user one or more users (login names) to be deleted from or added to the
quota table
device
Pathnames to block device file for device whose quota table is to be
edited.
WARNINGS
Quotas can only be changed (as opposed to being listed) by a sufficiently
privileged (ROOT) user.
edquota will fail with a "disk quotas not configured" error if the disk
volume is not configured (via invol) with a quota table.
edquota will fail if the specified volume is not mounted.
EXAMPLE
Examine the quota table on logical volume #1.
$ edquota /dev/dsk/W0d0s1 -l
User quota-limit currently-used
---- ----------- --------------
moe 7000 1005
larry 10000 0
curly 50000 43000
Delete users moe and larry from this quota table.
$ edquota /dev/dsk/W0d0s1 -d moe larry
Add users bullwinkle and rocky, each with a quota of 5-MB.
$ edquota /dev/dsk/W0d0s1 5000 bullwinkle rocky
SEE ALSO
quotaon(8), quotaoff(8)