quotaon(8)quotaon(8)Name
quotaon, quotaoff - turn file system quotas on and off
Syntax
/etc/quotaon [ option ... ] [ filesystem ]
/etc/quotaoff [ option ... ] [ filesystem ]
Description
The command informs the system that disc quotas should be enabled on
one or more file systems. Specified file systems must have entries in
and be mounted. Quota files must be present in the root directory of
the specified file systems and be named quotas. The quotas file is
created with The quota file is updated by
Options
The option causes to print a message for each file system whose quotas
are enabled. The argument may be used in stead of a list of file sys‐
tems. It causes to enable quotas on all file systems in marked read-
write. This option is normally used at boot time to enable quotas.
The command informs the system that disc quotas should be disabled on
one or more file systems. The option forces a verbose message for each
file system affected. The option forces all file systems in to have
their quotas disabled.
Files
File system table
See Alsosetquota(2), fstab(5), edquota(8)
``Disk Quotas in a UNIX Environment,'' ULTRIX Supplementary Documents,
Volume 3: System Manager
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