System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Maintaining UFS Quotas (Task Map)

Task 

Description 

For Instructions 

Check for exceeded UFS quotas. 

Display the UFS quotas and disk use for individual users on file systems on which UFS quotas have been activated by using the quota command.

How to Check for Exceeded UFS Quotas

Check for UFS quotas on a file system. 

Display the UFS quotas and disk use for all users on one or more file systems by using the repquota command.

How to Check UFS Quotas on a File System

Change the soft limit default. 

Change the length of time that users can exceed their disk space quotas or inode quotas by using the edquota command.

How to Change the Soft Limit Default

Change UFS quotas for a user. 

Use the quota editor, edquota, to change quotas for an individual user.

How to Change UFS Quotas for a User

Disable UFS quotas for a user. 

Use the quota editor, edquota, to disable quotas for an individual user.

How to Disable UFS Quotas for a User

Turn off UFS quotas. 

Turn off UFS quotas by using the quotaoff command.

How to Turn Off UFS Quotas