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diff --git a/usr.sbin/edquota/edquota.8 b/usr.sbin/edquota/edquota.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f5bf705 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/edquota/edquota.8 @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Robert Elz at The University of Melbourne. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)edquota.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.TH EDQUOTA 8 "June 6, 1993" +.UC 5 +.SH NAME +edquota \- edit user quotas +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B edquota +[ +.I \-u +] [ +.I \-p +proto-username +] +username ... +.br +.B edquota +.I \-g +[ +.I \-p +proto-groupname +] +groupname ... +.br +.B edquota +.I -t +[ +.I -u +] +.br +.B edquota +.I -t +.I -g +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Edquota +is a quota editor. +By default, or if the \fI-u\fP flag is specified, +one or more users may be specified on the command line. +For each user a temporary file is created +with an ASCII representation of the current +disk quotas for that user. +The list of filesystems with user quotas is determined from +.IR /etc/fstab . +An editor is invoked on the ASCII file. +The editor invoked is +.IR vi (1) +unless the environment variable EDITOR specifies otherwise. +.PP +The quotas may then be modified, new quotas added, etc. +Setting a quota to zero indicates that no quota should be imposed. +Setting a hard limit to one indicates that no allocations should +be permitted. +Setting a soft limit to one with a hard limit of zero +indicates that allocations should be permitted on +only a temporary basis (see \fI-t\fP below). +The current usage information in the file is for informational purposes; +only the hard and soft limits can be changed. +.PP +On leaving the editor, +.I edquota +reads the temporary file and modifies the binary +quota files to reflect the changes made. +.PP +If the +.B \-p +option is specified, +.I edquota +will duplicate the quotas of the prototypical user +specified for each user specified. +This is the normal mechanism used to +initialize quotas for groups of users. +.PP +If the \fI-g\fP flag is specified, +.I edquota +is invoked to edit the quotas of +one or more groups specified on the command line. +The \fI-p\fP flag can be specified in conjunction with +the \fI-g\fP flag to specify a prototypical group +to be duplicated among the listed set of groups. +.PP +Users are permitted to exceed their soft limits +for a grace period that may be specified per filesystem. +Once the grace period has expired, +the soft limit is enforced as a hard limit. +The default grace period for a filesystem is specified in +.IR /usr/include/ufs/quota.h . +The \fI-t\fP flag can be used to change the grace period. +By default, or when invoked with the \fI-u\fP flag, +the grace period is set for all the filesystems with user +quotas specified in +.IR /etc/fstab . +When invoked with the \fI-g\fP flag the grace period is +set for all the filesystems with group quotas specified in +.IR /etc/fstab . +The grace period may be specified in days, hours, minutes, or seconds. +Setting a grace period to zero indicates that the default +grace period should be imposed. +Setting a grace period to one second indicates that no +grace period should be granted. +.PP +Only the super-user may edit quotas. +.SH FILES +.DT +\fIquota.user\fP at the filesystem root with user quotas +.br +\fIquota.group\fP at the filesystem root with group quotas +.br +/etc/fstab to find filesystem names and locations +.SH SEE ALSO +quota(1), +quotactl(2), +fstab(5), +quotacheck(8), quotaon(8), repquota(8) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Various messages about inaccessible files; self-explanatory. |