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quotactl(2)							   quotactl(2)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     quotactl -	manipulate disk	quotas

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/quota.h>

     int quotactl (int cmd, char *special, int uid, caddr_t addr);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The quotactl(2) call manipulates disk quotas for local EFS	and XFS
     filesystems.  cmd indicates a command to be applied to the	user ID	uid.
     special is	a pointer to a null-terminated string containing the pathname
     of	the block special device for the filesystem being manipulated.	The
     block special device must be mounted as an	EFS or XFS filesystem (see
     mount(2)).	 addr is the address of	an optional, command specific data
     structure which is	copied in or out of the	system.	 The interpretation of
     addr is given with	each command below.

     Q_QUOTAON    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Turn on quotas for a filesystem. In EFS, addr	points to the pathname
	  of the file containing the quotas for	the filesystem.	 This quotas
	  file must exist.  In contrast, XFS provides the ability to turn
	  on/off quota limit enforcement with quota accounting.	Therefore, XFS
	  expects the addr to be a pointer to an unsigned int that contains
	  the flags XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ACCT and/or XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ENFD defined in
	  <sys/quota.h>. This call is restricted to the	superuser.

     Q_QUOTAOFF    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Turn off quotas for a	filesystem.  As	in Q_QUOTAON, XFS filesystems
	  expect a pointer to an unsigned int that specifies whether quota
	  accounting and/or limit enforcement need to be turned	off. The uid
	  field	is ignored. EFS	ignores	the addr field as well.	 This call is
	  restricted to	the superuser.

     Q_GETQUOTA    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Get disk quota limits	and current usage for user uid.	 addr is a
	  pointer to a dqblk structure (defined	in <sys/quota.h> ).  Only the
	  superuser may	get the	quotas of a user other than himself.

     Q_SETQUOTA    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Set disk quota limits	and current usage for user uid.	 addr is a
	  pointer to a dqblk structure (defined	in <sys/quota.h> ). This call
	  is restricted	to the superuser, and is not supported in XFS.

     Q_SETQLIM    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Set disk quota limits	for user uid.  addr is a pointer to a dqblk
	  structure (defined in	<sys/quota.h> ). This call is restricted to
	  the superuser.






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quotactl(2)							   quotactl(2)



     Q_SYNC    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Update the on-disk copy of quota usages for an EFS filesystem.  If
	  special is null then all filesystems with active quotas are sync'ed.
	  addr and uid are ignored. This option	is not supported in XFS	since
	  sync(1M) writes quota	information to disk as well.

     Q_ACTIVATE    [Toc]    [Back]
	  If quotas are	not already enabled, this call will permit queries and
	  updates to be	made to	the quota file without enabling	quotas.	 addr
	  points to the	pathname of the	file containing	the quotas for the EFS
	  filesystem.  The quota file must exist. This command is not
	  applicable to	XFS filesystems.

     Q_XGETQUOTA    [Toc]    [Back]
     Q_XSETQLIM
	  These	are extensions to Q_GETQUOTA and Q_SETQLIM respectively	to
	  support the added functionalities of XFS filesystems.	Instead	of a
	  dqblk	structure, these commands expect a fs_disk_quota structure
	  defined in <sys/quota.h>.

     Q_GETQSTAT    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Returns a fs_quota_stat structure containing XFS filesystem specific
	  quota	information. This is useful in finding out how much space is
	  spent	to store quota information, and	also to	get quotaon/off	status
	  of a given local XFS filesystem.

     Q_QUOTARM    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Free the disk	space taken by disk quotas. Quotas must	have already
	  been turned off.

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of	-1 is returned and errno is set	to indicate the	error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     A quotactl(2) call	will fail when one of the following occurs:

     EINVAL
	  cmd is invalid.

     ESRCH
	  Quotas have not been turned on for this filesystem.

     EPERM
	  The call is privileged and the caller	was not	the superuser.

     ENODEV
	  special is not a mounted EFS or XFS filesystem.

     ENOTBLK
	  special is not a block device.




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quotactl(2)							   quotactl(2)



     EACCES
	  (Q_QUOTAON) The quota	file pointed to	by addr	exists but is either
	  not a	regular	file or	is not on the EFS filesystem pointed to	by
	  special or is	not owned by root.

     ENOSPC
	  The quota table is full. Doesn't apply to XFS	filesystems since XFS
	  dynamically allocates	space for quota	information.

     EEXIST
	  Q_QUOTAON attempted on a filesystem where quotas have	already	been
	  turned on or Q_QUOTAOFF attempted on a filesystem where quotas have
	  not been turned on.

     ENOENT
	  The file specified by	special	or addr	does not exist.

     EFAULT
	  addr or special are invalid.

     ENOTSUP
	  cmd is not supported by the given filesystem.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     XFS currently does	not support the	Q_GETQUOTA and Q_SETQLIM commands.

     EFS does not support commands such	as Q_XGETQUOTA and Q_XSETQLIM that
     take in a fs_disk_quota structure.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     quota(1), quotacheck(1M), quotaon(1M), mount(2)


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