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warnquota - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
warnquota - send mail to users over quotaSYNOPSIS
warnquota [ -ugsid ] [ -F quotaformat ] [ -q quotatab ] [ -c configfile ] [ -a adminsfile ]DESCRIPTION
warnquota checks the disk quota for each filesystem and mails a warning message to those users who have reached their softlimit. It is typically run via cron(8).| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| -F quotaformat | |
| Perform setting for specified format (ie. dont perform format autodetection). Possible format names are: vfsold (version 1 quota), vfsv0 (version 2 quota), rpc (quota over NFS), xfs (quota on XFS filesystem) | |
| -q quotatab | |
| Use quotatab instead of /etc/quotatab as file with device description strings (see example file for syntax). | |
| -c configfile | |
| Use configfile instead of /etc/warnquota.conf as configuration file (see example file for syntax). | |
| -a adminsfile | |
| Use adminsfile instead of /etc/quotagrpadmins as a file with administrators of the groups. | |
| -u | check whether users are not exceeding quotas (default). |
| -g | check whether groups are not exceeding quotas. If group is exceeding quota a mail is sent to the user specified in /etc/quotagrpadmins. |
| -s | Try to report used space, number of used inodes and limits in more appropriate units than the default ones. |
| -i | ignore mountpoints mounted by automounter. |
| -d | dont attach quota report in email. |
FILES
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| aquota.user | quota file at the filesystem root (version 2 quota, non-XFS filesystems) |
| quota.user | quota file at the filesystem root (version 1 quota, non-XFS filesystems) |
| /etc/warnquota.conf | configuration file |
| /etc/quotatab | device description |
| /etc/quotagrpadmins | administrators of the groups |
| /etc/mtab | default filesystems |
| /etc/passwd | default set of users |
SEE ALSO
warnquota(8) was written by Marco van Wieringen <mvw@planets.elm.net>, modifications by Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>. This reference page written by Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>, modifications by Jan KaraAdvertisements