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QUOTACTL(2)							   QUOTACTL(2)

NAME
       quotactl - manipulate disk quotas

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/quota.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <xfs/xqm.h>

       long quotactl(int cmd, char ∗special, int id, caddr_t addr)

DESCRIPTION
       The  quotactl()	call manipulates disk quotas.  cmd indicates a command
       to be applied to UID id or GID id.  To set the type of  quota  use  the
       QCMD(cmd,  type)	 macro.	  special  is  a  pointer to a null-terminated
       string containing the path name of the block  special  device  for  the
       filesystem being manipulated.  addr is the address of an optional, com‐
       mand specific, data structure which is copied in or out of the  system.
       The interpretation of addr is given with each command below.

       Q_QUOTAON      Turn  on quotas for a filesystem.	 id is the identifica‐
		      tion number of the quota format to be used. Format  num‐
		      bers  are defined in the header file of appropriate for‐
		      mat. Currently there are	two  supported	quota  formats
		      whose  numbers  are  defined  by	constants QFMT_VFS_OLD
		      (original quota format)  and  QFMT_VFS_V0	 (new  VFS  v0
		      quota  format).	addr  points  to the path name of file
		      containing the quotas for	 the  filesystem.   The	 quota
		      file  must  exist;  it is normally created with the quo‐
		      tacheck(8) program.  This	 call  is  restricted  to  the
		      super-user.

       Q_QUOTAOFF     Turn  off	 quotas	 for  a	 filesystem.   addr and id are
		      ignored.	This call is restricted to the super-user.

       Q_GETQUOTA     Get disk quota limits and	 current  usage	 for  user  or
		      group  id.   addr	 is  a	pointer	 to an dqblk structure
		      (defined in <sys/quota.h>).  The field dqb_valid defines
		      the entries in the structure which are set correctly. On
		      Q_GETQUOTA call all entries are valid. Only  the	super-
		      user may get the quotas of a user other than himself.

       Q_SETQUOTA     Set  current  quota  information	for  user or group id.
		      addr is a pointer to  an	dqblk  structure  (defined  in
		      <sys/quota.h>).	 The  field  dqb_valid	defines	 which
		      entries in the quota structure are valid and  should  be
		      set.  The	 constants  for dqb_valid field are defined in
		      the <sys/quota.h> header file. This call obsoletes calls
		      Q_SETQLIM and Q_SETUSE in the previous quota interfaces.
		      This call is restricted to the super-user.

       Q_GETINFO      Get information  (like  grace  times)  about  quotafile.
		      addr should be a pointer to an dqinfo structure (defined
		      in <sys/quota.h>).  The dqi_valid field in the structure
		      defines entries in it which are valid. On Q_GETINFO call
		      all entries are valid.  Parameter id is ignored.

       Q_SETINFO      Set information  about  quotafile.   addr	 should	 be  a
		      pointer  to dqinfo structure (defined in <sys/quota.h>).
		      The field dqi_valid defines which entries in  the	 quota
		      info  structure  are  valid  and should be set. The con‐
		      stants  for  dqi_valid  field   are   defined   in   the
		      <sys/quota.h>  header  file.  This  call obsoletes calls
		      Q_SETGRACE and Q_SETFLAGS in the previous	 quota	inter‐
		      faces.  Parameter	 id  is	 ignored.  This	 operation  is
		      restricted to super-user.

       Q_GETFMT	      Get quota format used on the specified filesystem.  addr
		      should be a pointer to a memory (4 bytes) where the for‐
		      mat number will be stored.

       Q_SYNC	      Update the on-disk copy of quota usages for  a  filesys‐
		      tem.   If	 special  is  null  then  all filesystems with
		      active quotas are sync'ed.  addr and id are ignored.

       Q_GETSTATS     Get statistics and other generic information about quota
		      subsystem.   addr	 should be a pointer to dqstats struc‐
		      ture (defined in <sys/quota.h>) in which data should  be
		      stored.  special and id are ignored.

       For  XFS	 filesystems  making  use  of the XFS Quota Manager (XQM), the
       above commands are bypassed and the following commands are used:

       Q_XQUOTAON     Turn on quotas for an XFS filesystem.  XFS provides  the
		      ability  to  turn	 on/off	 quota	limit enforcement with
		      quota accounting.	 Therefore, XFS expects the addr to be
		      a	 pointer  to  an unsigned int that contains either the
		      flags XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ACCT and/or XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ENFD  (for
		      user     quota),	   or	  XFS_QUOTA_GDQ_ACCT	and/or
		      XFS_QUOTA_GDQ_ENFD (for  group  quota),  as  defined  in
		      <xfs/xqm.h>.  This call is restricted to the superuser.

       Q_XQUOTAOFF    Turn off quotas for an XFS filesystem.  As in Q_QUOTAON,
		      XFS filesystems expect a pointer to an unsigned int that
		      specifies whether quota accounting and/or limit enforce‐
		      ment need to be turned off.  This call is restricted  to
		      the superuser.

       Q_XGETQUOTA    Get  disk	 quota	limits	and current usage for user id.
		      addr is a pointer to a fs_disk_quota structure  (defined
		      in  <xfs/xqm.h>).	 Only the superuser may get the quotas
		      of a user other than himself.

       Q_XSETQLIM     Set disk quota limits for user id.  addr is a pointer to
		      a	 fs_disk_quota	structure  (defined  in	 <xfs/xqm.h>).
		      This call is restricted to the superuser.

       Q_XGETQSTAT    Returns  a  fs_quota_stat	  structure   containing   XFS
		      filesystem  specific  quota information.	This is useful
		      in finding out how much space is spent  to  store	 quota
		      information,  and	 also  to  get quotaon/off status of a
		      given local XFS filesystem.

       Q_XQUOTARM     Free the disk space taken by disk quotas.	  Quotas  must
		      have already been turned off.

       There  is  no command equivalent to Q_SYNC for XFS since sync(1) writes
       quota information to disk (in addition to the other filesystem metadata
       it writes out).

RETURN VALUES
       quotactl() returns:

       0      on success.

       -1     on failure and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       EFAULT	      addr or special are invalid.

       ENOSYS	      The kernel has not been compiled with the QUOTA option.

       EINVAL

		      cmd or type is invalid.

       ENOENT	      The file specified by special or addr does not exist.

       ENOTBLK	      special is not a block device.

       EPERM	      The call is privileged and the caller was not the super-
		      user.

       ESRCH	      No disc quota is found for the indicated user.

		      Quotas have not been turned on for this filesystem.

       If cmd is Q_QUOTAON, quotactl() may set errno to:

       EACCES	      The quota file pointed to by addr exists but  is	not  a
		      regular file.

		      The  quota  file pointed to by addr exists but is not on
		      the filesystem pointed to by special.

       EINVAL	      The quota file is corrupted.

       ESRCH	      Specified quota format was not found.

       EBUSY	      Q_QUOTAON attempted while another Q_QUOTAON has  already
		      taken place.

SEE ALSO
       quota(1), getrlimit(2), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8)

								   QUOTACTL(2)
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