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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. What is quota?</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 What is quota for?</A>
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<P>Quota allows you to specify limits on two aspects of disk storage: the
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number of inodes a user or a group of users may possess; and the number of
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disk blocks that may be allocated to a user or a group of users.
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<P>The idea behind quota is that users are forced to stay under their disk
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consumption limit, taking away their ability to consume unlimited disk space
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on a system. Quota is handled on a per user, per file system basis. If there
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is more than one file system which a user is expected to create files, then
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quota must be set for each file system separately. Various tools are
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available for you to administer and automate quota policies on your
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system.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Current Status of Quota on Linux</A>
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<P>Currently, there are some major changes in the way quota works. There are two
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different setups. The tools works the same, but there's a difference in used files. This
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document describes the setup and operation of the _new_ quota setup. As the new setup
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of quota is not in the regular kernel source, this setup needs some patching. We will describe this
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patching and installation of the linuxquota package. If you already have the quota software installed
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on your system, you may or may not have to install this patch and package. You can email me if
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you have any questions about this. I'll try to include a overview of Linux distro's and it's implications
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in a later version of this document.
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