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edquota(8)							    edquota(8)

NAME
       edquota - Edits quotas.

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/edquota [-gGuU] -t

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-p proto_username] [-u] username...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-P proto_userID] -U  userID...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-P proto_userID] [-u] username...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-p proto_username] -U userID...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-p proto_groupname] -g groupname...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-P proto_groupID] -G groupID ...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-P proto_groupID] -g groupname...

       /usr/sbin/edquota [-p proto_groupname] -G groupID...

OPTIONS
       Edits the quotas of one or more groups, specified by groupname from the
       command line.  When used with the -t option, sets or changes the	 grace
       period  for  all	 file  systems	with  group  quotas  specified	in the
       /etc/fstab file.	 Edits the quotas of one or more groups, specified  by
       groupID	from  the command line.	 When used with the -t option, sets or
       changes the grace period for all file systems with group quotas	speci‐
       fied  in	 the  /etc/fstab  file.	  Initializes  the specified quotas by
       duplicating the established quotas  of  the  prototypical  user's  name
       (when  used with the -u option, the -U option, or no other options), or
       the prototypical group's name (when used with the -g  or	 -G  options).
       The  proto_username  or	proto_groupname	 must have a valid quota file.
       Establishing quotas for one user or group and then using the -p	option
       to  duplicate  these quotas for other users is the normal mechanism for
       initializing quotas for a group of users.   Initializes	the  specified
       quotas by duplicating the established quotas of the prototypical user's
       id (when used with the -U option or the -u option), or the prototypical
       group's	id  (when  used	 with  the  -G	option or the -g option).  The
       proto_userID or proto_groupID must have a valid quota file.  Establish‐
       ing quotas for one user or group and then using the -P option to dupli‐
       cate these quotas for other users is the normal mechanism for  initial‐
       izing  quotas  for a group of users.  Sets or changes the default grace
       period for which users may exceed their soft limits. To set a temporary
       grace  period, enter the edquota command with the -t option and set the
       soft limit for the number of blocks or inodes to 1 and the  hard	 limit
       for the number of blocks or inodes to 0 (zero). By default, or when you
       specify -t with the -u option, the grace period is  set	for  all  file
       systems	with  user  quotas specified in the /etc/fstab file.  When you
       specify -t with the -g option, the grace period is set for all  of  the
       file systems with group quotas specified in the /etc/fstab file.	 Edits
       the quotas of one or more users, specified by username  ...   from  the
       command	line.	The  -u	 option,  used with the -t option, changes the
       grace period for all file systems with user  quotas  specified  in  the
       /etc/fstab  file.  The -u option is the default and can be omitted from
       the command.  Edits the quotas of  one  or  more	 users,	 specified  by
       userID  ...   from  the	command	 line.	The -U option used with the -t
       option, changes the grace period for all file systems with user	quotas
       specified in the /etc/fstab file.

OPERANDS
       Specifies  a prototypical user or group by the user name or group name.
       A prototypical user or group has previously-defined, valid quota	 files
       that you want to duplicate for other user or group quota files.	Speci‐
       fies a prototypical user or group by the user ID or group ID. A	proto‐
       typical	user  or  group has previously-defined, valid quota files that
       you want to duplicate for other user or group quota files.

DESCRIPTION
       The edquota command invokes an editor that allows you to add and modify
       user  and group quotas and modify file system  quota grace periods. Use
       the quota command to display the existing quota information.  Note that
       disk quotas are displayed as 1 kilobyte blocks.

       For  each  user and group specified (using -u or -g, respectively), the
       edquota command creates a temporary file with an	 ASCII	representation
       of the current quotas for that user or group, then invokes an editor to
       allow you to modify the file.  The vi editor is invoked by default.  To
       override	 the  default, specify a different editor for the EDITOR envi‐
       ronment variable in your login file. To change quota values,  edit  the
       numbers in the hard and soft limits fields and exit the editor.

       Setting	a  hard	 limit	to  0 (zero) indicates that no quota should be
       imposed. Setting a hard limit to 1 indicates that no allocations should
       be  permitted.  If you set the soft limit to 1 (one) and the hard limit
       to 0 (zero), files can only be created for the length of time specified
       by  the grace period (default of 7 days). The current usage information
       in the file is for informational purposes; only the hard and soft  lim‐
       its can be changed.

       Hard  and  soft quota limits for the number of files are non-inclusive.
       You can only create files if you remain below the limit.	 For  example,
       if  your	 hard limit is 1000 files, you can only create 999 files. Hard
       and soft quota limits for the number of blocks are similarly non-inclu‐
       sive.

       For  each  file system, the edquota -t command creates a temporary file
       with an ASCII representation of the current grace period for that  user
       or  group,  then	 invokes  an  editor  to allow you to modify the grace
       period.	The grace period may be specified in days, hours, minutes,  or
       seconds.	 Setting a grace period to 0 (zero) indicates that the default
       grace period should be imposed.	Setting a grace	 period	 to  1	second
       indicates  that	no  grace  period should be granted. When you exit the
       editor, edquota reads the temporary file and  modifies  the  quota.user
       and quota.group files for the target file system to reflect the changes
       made.

       Changes in grace periods take effect immediately unless a grace	period
       is  currently  in  effect.   For	 example, assume a user exceeds a soft
       limit and receives a grace period of 7 days.  A subsequent change to  a
       grace  period of 1 day will not affect the user's already-invoked grace
       period, unless the user drops below the soft limit and exceeds it  once
       again.	The default grace period for a file system is specified in the
       quota.user and quota.group files for the target file system.

NOTES
       The term file system represents either a UFS file system	 or  an	 AdvFS
       fileset.

       The  root  user	can  exceed  user  and group quotas. The fileset grace
       period is equal to the group grace period.  When you  use  the  edquota
       command	to set the group grace period, it causes that same value to be
       used for the fileset grace period.

RESTRICTIONS
       You can use the edquota command to edit only those  file	 systems  that
       are in the /etc/fstab file and have userquota and groupquota entries.

       You  can	 use  the edquota command to edit only those file systems that
       are currently mounted. Editing quota information for file systems  that
       are currently unmounted will not be saved on exit from the editor.

       You must be the root user to edit quotas.

       The default grace period is 7  days.

EXAMPLES
       Set quotas for user1: /usr/sbin/edquota user1

       To  apply the existing quotas of the user named user1 to the user named
       user2: /usr/sbin/edquota -p user1 user2

       To apply the existing quotas of the user with the user ID  361  to  the
       user with the user ID 382: /usr/sbin/edquota -P 361 -U 382

       To  apply  the existing quotas of the user named user1 to the user with
       the user ID 382: /usr/sbin/edquota -p user1 -U 382

       To set the grace period for all the  file  systems  with	 group	quotas
       specified in the /etc/fstab file: /usr/sbin/edquota -gt

FILES
       Specifies  the  command	path.	Contains user quotas for file systems.
       Contains group quotas for file systems.	Contains file system names and
       locations.

SEE ALSO
       Commands: quota(1), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8)

       Functions: quotactl(2)

       Files: fstab(4)

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