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26.Dd October 30, 2007
27.Dt QUOTA.USER 5
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm quota.user , quota.group
31.Nd per file system quota database
32.Sh DESCRIPTION
33Each file system with active quotas should contain a
34.Pa quota.user
35and
36.Pa quota.group
37file in the file system root.
38These files are created by
39.Xr quotacheck 8 ,
40and should be edited with
41.Xr edquota 8 .
42It is possible to specify a different location and file name with the
43.Dq Li userquota
44and
45.Dq Li groupquota
46options in the
47.Xr fstab 5
48file.
49.Pp
50The data files contain the following information:
51.Pp
52.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
53.It
54Current block usage
55.It
56Current number of files
57.It
58Soft block limit
59.It
60Soft file limit
61.It
62Hard block limit
63.It
64Hard file limit
65.It
66Block grace time remaining if over the soft limit
67.It
68File grace time remaining if over the soft limit
69.El
70.Pp
71See
72.Xr edquota 8
73for an explanation on the various limits and grace periods.
74.Pp
75During normal quota operations the
76.Xr quotactl 2
77interface is used to query or set quota information and the kernel
78will maintain the data files as needed.
79If quotas are disabled on
80a file system, but marked as having quotas enabled in
81.Xr fstab 5 ,
82then the quota data files will be used directly.
83.Pp
84The data files are stored as an array of
85.Dq Li struct dqblk
86structures, as defined in
87.In ufs/ufs/quota.h ,
88and indexed by UID or GID.
89The data files will be written as a sparse file if possible.
90Data is only maintained for ids that have either non-zero usage or
91non-zero quota limits.
92If an attempt is made to access data for an id that would exist past the
93end of the current data file, a quota structure with all values set
94to zero will be created, and the data file extended as needed.
95The
96.Xr quotacheck 8
97utility will truncate the data files to the minimum size needed
98to store the highest id with either non-zero file usage or
99non-zero quota limits.
100.Pp
101The data record for id 0 has special meaning.
102If the
103.Dq Dv dqb_btime
104or
105.Dq Dv dbq_itime
106fields are non-zero, they are used to indicate the grace period on
107that file system for users who have exceeded their soft limit.
108These times can be set by
109.Xr edquota 8
110with the
111.Fl t
112flag.
113If no explicit grace period has been set with
114.Xr edquota 8 ,
115then the default value of 7 days will be used.
116The default values are defined by
117.Dv MAX_DQ_TIME
118and
119.Dv MAX_IQ_TIME
120in
121.In ufs/ufs/quota.h .
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr quota 1 ,
124.Xr quotactl 2 ,
125.Xr fstab 5 ,
126.Xr edquota 8 ,
127.Xr quotacheck 8 ,
128.Xr quotaoff 8 ,
129.Xr quotaon 8 ,
130.Xr repquota 8
131