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.TH SETQUOTA 8 "23 Jan 1989" "Project Athena"
\" RCSID: $Header$
.UC 4
.SH NAME
setquota \- set the disk usage quotas for a given user and partition
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B setquota
[-u]
.I special uid quota
.br
.B setquota
-r [-u]
.I special low_uid high_uid quota
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Setquota
will set the hard and soft limits on disk usage and inode
usage for the user with
.I uid
on the partition
.I special. special
can be either the block device name (ie.
.I /dev/rz3g
) or the directory it's mounted on. (ie.
.I /u1
). The user's soft disk usage limit will be set to
.I quota.
The soft inode usage limit will be set to half that amount.
The hard limits will be set to 1.2 times the soft limits.
.SH OPTIONS
If the
.B \-u
option is given, then the specified
.I quota
will be added to the current usage to obtain the new soft limit.  The
remaining values are then set relative to this as specified above.
If the
.B \-r
option is given, then all the quotas for the inclusive range of uid's
are set to the given quota (plus usage with the
.B \-u
option).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.B setquota
will return a non-zero status if the user is not root, if the uid is
not between 0 and 32767 inclusive, if the low-uid is higher than the
high-uid, if the quota is less than zero, or if quotas are not enabled
on the given device or partition.

The previous bug which required the user to manually grow the quotas
file is fixed.
.B setquota
automatically grows the quotas file if necessary.
.SH AUTHORS
Bill Sommerfeld, MIT Project Athena
.br
Jim Rees, MIT Project Athena
.SH "SEE ALSO"
quota(1), quota(2), edquota(8), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8), repquota(8)
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66b23b43	1	.TH SETQUOTA 8 "23 Jan 1989" "Project Athena"
	2	\" RCSID: $Header$
	3	.UC 4
	4	.SH NAME
	5	setquota \- set the disk usage quotas for a given user and partition
	6	.SH SYNOPSIS
	7	.B setquota
	8	[-u]
	9	.I special uid quota
	10	.br
	11	.B setquota
	12	-r [-u]
	13	.I special low_uid high_uid quota
	14	.SH DESCRIPTION
	15	.I Setquota
	16	will set the hard and soft limits on disk usage and inode
	17	usage for the user with
	18	.I uid
	19	on the partition
	20	.I special. special
	21	can be either the block device name (ie.
	22	.I /dev/rz3g
	23	) or the directory it's mounted on. (ie.
	24	.I /u1
	25	). The user's soft disk usage limit will be set to
	26	.I quota.
	27	The soft inode usage limit will be set to half that amount.
	28	The hard limits will be set to 1.2 times the soft limits.
	29	.SH OPTIONS
	30	If the
	31	.B \-u
	32	option is given, then the specified
	33	.I quota
	34	will be added to the current usage to obtain the new soft limit. The
	35	remaining values are then set relative to this as specified above.
	36	If the
	37	.B \-r
	38	option is given, then all the quotas for the inclusive range of uid's
	39	are set to the given quota (plus usage with the
	40	.B \-u
	41	option).
	42	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
4b37a7db	43	.B setquota
	44	will return a non-zero status if the user is not root, if the uid is
	45	not between 0 and 32767 inclusive, if the low-uid is higher than the
	46	high-uid, if the quota is less than zero, or if quotas are not enabled
	47	on the given device or partition.
	48
	49	The previous bug which required the user to manually grow the quotas
	50	file is fixed.
	51	.B setquota
	52	automatically grows the quotas file if necessary.
66b23b43	53	.SH AUTHORS
	54	Bill Sommerfeld, MIT Project Athena
	55	.br
	56	Jim Rees, MIT Project Athena
	57	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	58	quota(1), quota(2), edquota(8), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8), repquota(8)