Use this utility to set, get, or clear the user quota, directory quota, and volume quota on NSS volumes and files.
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Command |
Description |
|---|---|
nssquota <USERQUOTAOPTIONS> |
It is used to set, get, or clear user space quota on NSS volumes. |
nssquota <DIRECTORYQUOTAOPTIONS> |
It is used to set, get, or clear directory quota on NSS sub-directory files. |
nssquota <VOLUMEQUOTAOPTIONS> |
It is used to set, get, or clear volume quota on NSS volumes. |
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
-h, --help |
Displays the help information. |
-v, --version |
Displays the program version information. |
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
-U, --userquota |
Sets the userquota options (set, get, or clear). |
-s, --size=quota (in KB/MB/GB) |
Storage space allowed for the specified user. The default unit is MB. |
-V, --volumename=volumename |
Name of the volume for which quota has to be set. |
-u, --username |
Specify the user name. |
-g, --getquotas |
Gets the user quota. |
-c, --clear |
Removes the quota restriction. |
-a, --activedirectory |
Specifies the active directory user name. If you have used Windows Server Manager to add users to AD, and if those user names contain any of the following special characters: / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > @ and ", they are replaced with an underscore (_). Ensure to specify the correct AD user names. The AD user name format is NETBIOSNameOfDomain\\username. |
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Option |
Description |
|---|---|
-D, --directoryquota |
Sets the directory quota options (set, get, or clear). |
-s, --size=quota (in Multiples of 4KB/MB/GB) |
Size of the quota. The default unit is KB. |
-d, --directoryname |
Sub-directory name. |
-n, --namespace |
Indicates the path lookup namespace(DOS, UNIX, LONG, MACINTOSH). |
-g, --getquotas |
Gets the directory quota. |
-c, --clear |
Removes the quota restriction. |
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
-V, --volumename |
Name of the volume for which quota has to be set. |
-s, --size=quota (in Multiples of KB/MB/GB/TB) |
Size of the quota. The default unit is GB. |
-Q, --volumequota |
Sets, gets or clears the volume quota options. |
-g, --getquota |
Gets the volume quota. |
-c, --clear |
Removes the quota restriction |
nssquota -U -V VOL -u wwrun.novell -s 30GB
This example is for user quota.
nssquota -D -d /media/nss/VOL/test -s 4GB
This example is for directory quota.
nssquota -Q -V VOL -s 100GB
This example is for the volume quota.
For Active Directory user quota options, use the NetBIOS name of the AD domain followed by the user name. For example, NETBIOSNameOfDomain\\user.
nssquota -g -U -V VOL nssquota -a -g -U -V VOL -u NETBIOSNameOfDomain\\joe nssquota -a -U -V VOL -u NETBIOSNameOfDomain\\joe -s 100MB nssquota -a -c -U -V VOL -u NETBIOSNameOfDomain\\joe
These examples are for active directory based user quota options.