Setting a Grace Period for Soft Limits

Set the grace period for soft limits by using the edquota command.

1. Run the edquota -t command to set a grace period for soft limits.

   sudo edquota -t

   Running the command opens a text file in a default text editor. Edit the file to specify the appropriate grace period, as shown in the following example:

   Grace period before enforcing soft limits for users:
   Time units may be: days, hours, minutes, or seconds
     Filesystem     Block grace period     Inode grace period
     /dev/sdb1            7days                  7days 

   Specify the grace periods for the soft limits on the number of blocks and inodes, then save the changes.

   For more information, see the edquota(8) manual page.