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How to configure disk quota for user in Linux

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This article explains the steps to configure disk quota for user in Linux. Please note that the /home should be a separate partition in-order to proceed with this configuration.

Step1: Login to the machine as root.

Step2: Open the mount configuration.

#vi /etc/fstab

Step3: Add the options "uquota,gquota" along with "defaults" for the mount point /home and save the file.

For example,

/dev/mapper/myserver-home /home XFS defaults,uquota,gquota 0 0

Please note that the partition name and mount point may change according to the Linux installations.

Step4: Remount the /home partition.

#mount -o remount /home

Step5: Configure quota for the user.

#xfs_quota -x -c 'limit bsoft=SOFTLIMIT bhard=HARDLIMIT USERNAME' /home/

Where USERNAME need to be replaced with the corresponding username and SOFTLIMIT, HARDLIMIT need to be replaced with the required sizes in mb or gb.

Step6: Check and verify the quota report for the home partition.

#xfs_quota -x -c 'report -bi -h' /home

That's all…