User quotas with Ubuntu
This step by step tutorial shows how to install and implement user quotas, to limit disk space available for selected users in a Linux system (tested on Ubuntu, using repositories).To add support for user disk quotas on Ubuntu:
Install quota from repository:
sudo apt-get install quota
Edit, as root, /etc/fstab adding usrquota and grpquota to desired partitions:
/dev/hda3 /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 0 2
Reboot the system.
Then
Then
sudo edquota -u username -f /dev/desiredpartition
Editing the file:
Disk quotas for user username (uid 1050): Filesystem blocks soft hard inodes soft hard /dev/hdaN 0 31457280 31457280 0 0 0
Save that file… now do:
sudo edquota -t -f /dev/hda3
set grace periods to 0 seconds like this:
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/hda3 0seconds 0seconds
Save, and finally:
quotaoff -a
Code:
quotaon /dev/hda3
