SETQUOTA(8)		    System Manager's Manual		   SETQUOTA(8)



NAME
       setquota - set disk quotas

SYNOPSIS
       setquota	 [  -rm	 ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] name block-softlimit
       block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit -a | filesystem...

       setquota [ -rm ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] [ -p protoname  ]  name
       -a | filesystem...

       setquota -b [ -rm ] [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] -a | filesystem...

       setquota -t [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] block-grace inode-grace -a |
       filesystem...

       setquota -T [ -u | -g ] [ -F quotaformat ] name block-grace inode-grace
       -a | filesystem...

DESCRIPTION
       setquota	 is  a	command line quota editor.  The filesystem, user/group
       name and new quotas for this filesystem can be specified on the command
       line.  Note that if a number is given in the place of a user/group name
       it is treated as an UID/GID.

       -r, --remote
	      Edit also remote quota use rpc.rquotad on remote server  to  set
	      quota.  This  option  is available only if quota tools were com-
	      piled with enabled support for setting quotas over RPC.

       -m, --no-mixed-pathnames
	      Currently, pathnames of NFSv4 mountpoints are sent without lead-
	      ing slash in the path.  rpc.rquotad uses this to recognize NFSv4
	      mounts and properly prepend pseudoroot of NFS filesystem to  the
	      path.  If	 you  specify  this  option, setquota will always send
	      paths with a leading slash. This can be useful for  legacy  rea-
	      sons  but	 be aware that quota over RPC will stop working if you
	      are using new rpc.rquotad.

       -F, --format=quotaformat
	      Perform setting for specified format (ie. don't  perform	format
	      autodetection).	Possible  format  names	 are:  vfsold Original
	      quota format with 16-bit UIDs / GIDs, vfsv0  Quota  format  with
	      32-bit  UIDs  / GIDs, 64-bit space usage, 32-bit inode usage and
	      limits, vfsv1 Quota format with 64-bit quota limits  and	usage,
	      rpc (quota over NFS), xfs (quota on XFS filesystem)

       -u, --user
	      Set user quotas for named user. This is the default.

       -g, --group
	      Set group quotas for named group.

       -p, --prototype=protoname
	      Use  quota  settings of user or group protoname to set the quota
	      for the named user or group.

       --always-resolve
	      Always try to translate user / group name to uid / gid  even  if
	      the name is composed of digits only.

       -b, --batch
	      Read  information to set from stdin (input format is name block-
	      softlimit	 block-hardlimit  inode-softlimit  inode-hardlimit  ).
	      Empty lines and lines starting with # are ignored.

       -c, --continue-batch
	      If  parsing  of an input line in batch mode fails, continue with
	      processing the next line.

       -t, --edit-period
	      Set grace times for users/groups. Times block-grace  and	inode-
	      grace are specified in seconds.

       -T, --edit-times
	      Alter   times   for  individual  user/group  when	 softlimit  is
	      enforced. Times block-grace and  inode-grace  are	 specified  in
	      seconds or can be string 'unset'.

       -a, --all
	      Go  through  all filesystems with quota in /etc/mtab and perform
	      setting.

       To disable a quota, set the corresponding parameter  to	0.  To	change
       quotas for several filesystems, invoke once for each filesystem.

       Only the super-user may edit quotas.

FILES
       aquota.user or aquota.group
			   quota file at the filesystem root (version 2 quota,
			   non-XFS filesystems)
       quota.user or quota.group
			   quota file at the filesystem root (version 1 quota,
			   non-XFS filesystems)
       /etc/mtab	   mounted filesystem table

SEE ALSO
       edquota(8),    quota(1),	   quotactl(2),	  quotacheck(8),   quotaon(8),
       repquota(8)



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