Questions tagged [quota]

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Why does chmod require disk space? Not-in-place algorithm?

I try to chmod some files and I get the error "disk quota exceeded": It's true that I don't have that much space remaining in the filesystem where I use chmod, namelynfs.mit.edu:/export/evodesign/beatdb (which is an NFS), either in terms of bytes…
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quotas not linked to users but to directories

Usually, quotas are enforced per user, as related to the proprietary of the file. Is it possible to apply a quota on a folder basis, in such a way, that a folder contents are limited in disk space?
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Systemd backed tmpfs | How to specify /tmp size manually

I mount /tmp on tmpfs using: sudo systemctl enable tmp.mount sudo systemctl start tmp.mount But this way /tmp takes up all the free RAM: $ df -h /tmp Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on tmpfs 3.9G 12K 3.9G 1% /tmp $ How…
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Why does du and quota results not match?

I have exceeded my disk quota on a system which I do not have root access. I tried removing old files but am still over. I tried runing du to find where I am using up all my space but it reports I am using very little. Results from quota …
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Why was letter 's' chosen as on option for human readable format in quota command?

I often try to memorize command options by looking up for what they stand for. This time I couldn't find any source on that: why is quota -s a --human-readable alternative, what does s stand for?
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Why do I get fsync() failed: Disk quota exceeded on my linux machine?

I get fsync() failed: Disk quota exceeded, but when I use df -h and df -i there is enough space? Any suggestions?
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What is the most recent technique to implement quotas?

Is the quota approach still in use to limit the usage of disk space and/or the concurrency between users. Quota works with aquota.user files in the concerned directories AND some settings in /etc/fstab with options like usrquota… But some times,…
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Get quota usage information as non-privileged user

I have non-privileged access to a Linux server (shared PHP+MySQL hosting) and there are disk space, memory, CPU usage, I/O quotas. I wonder how can I get information about max/current quota usage from SSH shell?
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Cannot rm file: Disk quota exceeded

In bash (and over ssh) running rm FILENAME gives the error: rm: cannot remove 'FILENAME': Disk quota exceeded. I've seen the other posts (and everyting down the first page of google) on this topic and have tried: echo "" > FILENAME cp /dev/null…
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Linux cgroups: limit CPU usage in absolute values which do not depend on CPU speed

I have a server with a 2.4GHz processor. And there are several cgroups, each one allowed to use 25% of CPU. That's equal to 600MHz. Then I replace the CPU with a faster one, let's say 3.0GHz. If I use cpu.shares, my containers will continue to get…
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Why restrict the number of inodes a user can access?

It appears that it is possible on a network mount to set a quota on how much space a user can consume. # edquota ramesh Disk quotas for user ramesh (uid 500): Filesystem blocks soft hard inodes soft hard …
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Unable to Configure Quotas in RHEL6 & CentOS6- quotecheck returns error message

Unable to Configure Quotas in RHEL6 & CentOS6- quotecheck returns error message I've created new partition(/dev/sda6) and mounted it(on /hulk). Edited /etc/fstab file to give quotas on the partition with following line /dev/sda6 /hulk ext4 …
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How can I determine user base page limit for a printer?

I'm using Debian Linux. I want to determine user base page limit, different page limit for different users, for a printer. I can determine page limit for printer with CUPS but can not determine page limit for single user. How can I achieve this?
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How to check what is using a logical volume?

Maybe there is a better way to do what I am trying to achieve, so let me describe the whole problem. My / and /home directories are on a separate LV. It happened so the / LV get out of space. I then backup my /home and try to remove it to be able to…
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Debian CGROUP Install doesn't work after reboot

After I do this on my Debian Stretch: sudo apt install cgroup-bin cgroup-tools cgroupfs-mount libcgroup1 I can issue this: sudo systemctl set-property user-1000.slice CPUQuota=40% I have 4 vCPU host, each CPU takes 10% hit with "stress -cpu 4",…
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