Put quota on folder/directory

robertkwild · 11-15-2017, 04:54 PM

hi guys,

i have seen this link and its exactly what im after but im just wondering how you set a quota for user rob and i want it set to 500gb?

https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/D...sk-quotas.html

many thanks,

rob

robertkwild · 11-16-2017, 03:57 AM

mmm...

is this just a warning system and not what i thought it was ie if user rob hits the 500gb mark it wont allow rob to consume more space on the directory?

michaelk · 11-16-2017, 04:29 AM

As far as I know the hard block limit is the absolute max disk space that can be used when set.

robertkwild · 11-16-2017, 05:37 AM

ok nice, so how do i set the limit to 500gb?

michaelk · 11-16-2017, 12:19 PM

You need to set the hard limit in blocks. Hmm looks like

1048576000=500*2*1024*1024 will give you the approx number of blocks.

robertkwild · 11-18-2017, 12:44 PM

couldn't be bothered wasting* my time trying to figure out quota so in the end i used parted to make different size partitions on my hard drive and after i partitioned it i ran mkfs to format the partitions

robertkwild · 11-18-2017, 01:09 PM

someone has pointed me in the right direction saying the new centos 7 file system uses XFS and you can set quotas on it so im looking into it and will let you know

michaelk · 11-18-2017, 01:56 PM

Duh, forgot about xfs...