openSUSE allows usage of soft and hard quotas. Soft quotas usually dene a warning
level at which users are informed that they are nearing their limit, whereas hard
quotas dene the limit at which write requests are denied. Additionally, grace intervals
can be dened that allow users or groups to temporarily violate their quotas by certain
amounts.
Procedure 10.6: Enabling Quota Support for a Partition
In order to congure quotas for certain users and groups, you need to enable
quota support for the respective partition in the YaST Expert Partitioner rst.
1 In YaST, select System > Partitioner and click Yes to proceed.
2 In the Expert Partitioner, select the partition for which to enable quotas and
click Edit.
3
Click Fstab Options and activate Enable Quota Support. If the quota package
is not already installed, it will be installed once you conrm the respective
message with Yes.
4 Conrm your changes and leave the Expert Partitioner.
Procedure 10.7: Setting Up Quotas for Users or Groups
Now you can dene soft or hard quotas for specic users or groups and set time
periods as grace intervals.
1 In the YaST User and Group Administration, select the user or the group you
want to set the quotas for and click Edit.
2 On the Plug-Ins tab, select the Manage User Quota entry and click Launch to
open the Quota Conguration dialog.
3 From File System, select the partition to which the quota should apply.
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