Ubuntu 22.04
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Set Disk Quota2022/09/22

 
Limit amount of disk usage to set Disk Quota.
For example on here, Set Quota on [/home] which is ext4 formatted.
For using Quota on XFS file system, refer to here.
[1] Install Quota tools.
root@dlp:~#
apt -y install quota quotatool
[2] Enable Quota feature.
root@dlp:~#
df -h /home

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1        79G   52K   75G   1% /home

# set quota feature and re-mount

root@dlp:~#
umount /home

root@dlp:~#
tune2fs -O quota /dev/sdb1

tune2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
root@dlp:~#
mount /dev/sdb1 /home
# confirm

root@dlp:~#
tune2fs -l /dev/sdb1 | grep -i quota

Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery extent 64bit flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file dir_nlink extra_isize quota metadata_csum
User quota inode:         3
Group quota inode:        4
[3] Set user Quota. For example, Apply quota to [ubuntu] user.
# enable quota

root@dlp:~#
quotaon -uv /home

/dev/sdb1 [/home]: user quotas turned on
# show status

root@dlp:~#
quotaon -ap

group quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is on
user quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is on
project quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is off

# set quota to [ubuntu]

root@dlp:~#
edquota -u ubuntu
# set Soft Limit 4G, Hard Limit 5G (specify with kilo bytes)

Disk quotas for user ubuntu (uid 1000):
  Filesystem                   blocks       soft       hard     inodes     soft   hard
  /dev/sdb1                        28    4096000    5120000         10        0      0

# show status

root@dlp:~#
*** Report for user quotas on device /dev/sdb1
Block grace time: 7days; Inode grace time: 7days
                        Block limits                File limits
User            used    soft    hard  grace    used  soft  hard  grace
----------------------------------------------------------------------
root      --      20       0       0              2     0     0
ubuntu    --      28 4096000 5120000             10     0     0
[4] If you'd like to apply setting of quota of a user to another user, set like follows.
# apply setting of [ubuntu] to [debian]

root@dlp:~#
edquota -p ubuntu debian

root@dlp:~#
*** Report for user quotas on device /dev/sdb1
Block grace time: 7days; Inode grace time: 7days
                        Block limits                File limits
User            used    soft    hard  grace    used  soft  hard  grace
----------------------------------------------------------------------
root      --      20       0       0              2     0     0
ubuntu    --      28 4096000 5120000             10     0     0
debian    --      16 4096000 5120000              4     0     0
[5] Set group Quota. For example, Apply quota to [ubuntu] group.
# enable quota

root@dlp:~#
quotaon -gv /home

/dev/sdb1 [/home]: group quotas turned on
# show status

root@dlp:~#
quotaon -ap

group quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is on
user quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is on
project quota on /home (/dev/sdb1) is off

# set quota to [ubuntu]

root@dlp:~#
edquota -g ubuntu
# set Soft Limit 4G, Hard Limit 5G (specify with kilo bytes)

Disk quotas for group ubuntu (gid 1000):
  Filesystem                   blocks       soft       hard     inodes     soft   hard
  /dev/sdb1                        28    4096000    5120000         10        0      0

# show status

root@dlp:~#
*** Report for group quotas on device /dev/sdb1
Block grace time: 7days; Inode grace time: 7days
                        Block limits                File limits
Group           used    soft    hard  grace    used  soft  hard  grace
----------------------------------------------------------------------
root      --      20       0       0              2     0     0
ubuntu    --      28 4096000 5120000             10     0     0
debian    --      16       0       0              4     0     0
[6] It's possible to send warnings to use Warnquota.
This setting needs SMTP service on your server.
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/quotatab
# add device and description which quota is set

/dev/sdb1: Home Directory
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/warnquota.conf
# change mail sender or others if you need

MAIL_CMD        = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"
FROM            = "root@localhost"
# but they don't have to be:
SUBJECT         = Over quota
CC_TO           = "root@localhost"
SUPPORT         = "root@localhost"
PHONE           = "<enter your phone number here>"
#
CHARSET         = UTF-8

# run warnquota

root@dlp:~#
warnquota -s
# if a user is over the limit when warnquota runs, following warning is sent

Return-Path: <root@dlp.srv.world>
X-Original-To: root@localhost
Delivered-To: root@localhost
Received: by dlp.srv.world (Postfix, from userid 0)
        id 75279A1521; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:33:26 +0000 (UTC)
From: root@localhost
Reply-To: root@localhost
Subject: Over quota
To: ubuntu@dlp.srv.world
Cc: root@localhost
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-Id: <20220922043326.75279A1521@dlp.srv.world>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:33:26 +0000 (UTC)

Hi,

We noticed that you are in violation with the quotasystem
used on this system. We have found the following violations:


Home Directory (/dev/sdb1)

                        Block limits               File limits
Filesystem           used    soft    hard  grace    used  soft  hard  grace
/dev/sdb1      +-   5000M   4000M   5000M  6days      13     0     0


We hope that you will cleanup before your grace period expires.

Basically, this means that the system thinks you are using more disk space
on the above partition(s) than you are allowed.  If you do not delete files
and get below your quota before the grace period expires, the system will
prevent you from creating new files.

For additional assistance, please contact us at root@localhost
or via phone at <enter your phone number here>.
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