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SETQUOTA(8)							   SETQUOTA(8)

NAME
       setquota - set disk quotas

SYNOPSIS
       setquota	 [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -x ] [ -F quotaformat ] name block-soft‐
       limit block-hardlimit inode-softlimit  inode-hardlimit  -a  |  filesys‐
       tem...

       setquota	 [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -x ] [ -F quotaformat ] [ -p protoname ]
       name -a | filesystem...

       setquota -b [ -r ] [ -u | -g ] [ -x ] [ -F quotaformat ] -a |  filesys‐
       tem...

       setquota	 -t  [	-u | -g ] [ -x ] [ -F quotaformat ] block-grace inode-
       grace -a | filesystem...

       setquota -T [ -u | -g ] [ -x ] [	 -F  quotaformat  ]  name  block-grace
       inode-grace -a | filesystem...

DESCRIPTION
       setquota	 is  a	command line quota editor.  The filesystem, user/group
       name and new quotas for this filesystem can be specified on the command
       line.  Note that if a number is given in the place of a user/group name
       it is threated as an UID/GID.

       -r     Edit also remote quota use rpc.rquotad on remote server  to  set
	      quota.  This  option  is available only if quota tools were com‐
	      piled with enabled support for setting quotas over RPC.

       -F quotaformat
	      Perform setting for specified format (ie. don't  perform	format
	      autodetection).	Possible  format  names are: vfsold (version 1
	      quota), vfsv0 (version 2	quota),	 rpc  (quota  over  NFS),  xfs
	      (quota on XFS filesystem)

       -u     Set user quotas for named user. This is the default.

       -g     Set group quotas for named group.

       -x     Always  try  to  translate name to id, even if it is composed of
	      only digits.

       -p protoname
	      Use quota settings of user or group protoname to set  the	 quota
	      for the named user or group.

       -b     Read  information to set from stdin (input format is name block-
	      softlimit block-hardlimit inode-softlimit inode-hardlimit ).

       -t     Set grace times for users/groups. Times block-grace  and	inode-
	      grace are specified in seconds.

       -T     Alter   times   for  individual  user/group  when	 softlimit  is
	      enforced. Times block-grace and  inode-grace  are	 specified  in
	      seconds or can be string 'unset'.

       -a     Go  through  all filesystems with quota in /etc/mtab and perform
	      setting.

       To disable a quota, set the coresponding parameter to 0. To change quo‐
       tas for several filesystems, invoke once for each filesystem.

       Only the super-user may edit quotas.

FILES
       aquota.user or aquota.group
			   quota file at the filesystem root (version 2 quota,
			   non-XFS filesystems)
       quota.user or quota.group
			   quota file at the filesystem root (version 1 quota,
			   non-XFS filesystems)
       /etc/mtab	   mounted filesystem table

SEE ALSO
       edquota(8),    quota(1),	   quotactl(2),	  quotacheck(8),   quotaon(8),
       repquota(8)

								   SETQUOTA(8)

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