NAME

quotaon, quotaoff − turn file system quotas on and off

SYNTAX

/etc/quotaon [ option... ] [ filesystem ]

/etc/quotaoff [ option... ] [ filesystem ]

DESCRIPTION

The quotaon command informs the system that disc quotas should be enabled on one or more file systems.  Specified file systems must have entries in /etc/fstab and be mounted.  Quota files must be present in the root directory of the specified file systems and be named quotas . 

The optional argument −v causes quotaon to print a message for each file system whose quotas are enabled.  The −a argument may be used in stead of a list of file systems. It causes quotaon to enable quotas on all file systems in /etc/fstab marked read-write.  This option is normally used at boot time to enable quotas. 

The quotaoff command informs the system that disc quotas should be disabled on one or more file systems.  The −v option forces a verbose message for each file system affected.  The −a option forces all file systems in /etc/fstab to have their quotas disabled. 

FILES

/etc/fstab file system table

SEE ALSO

setquota(2), fstab(5), edquota(8)
"Disk Quotas in a UNIX Environment", Supplementary Documentation, Vol. III: System Manager