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QUOTAON(8)		     System Manager's Manual		      QUOTAON(8)

NAME
     quotaon, quotaoff -- turn filesystem quotas on and off

SYNOPSIS
     quotaon [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ...
     quotaon [-g] [-u] [-v] -a
     quotaoff [-g] [-u] [-v] filesystem ...
     quotaoff [-g] [-u] [-v] -a

DESCRIPTION
     Quotaon  announces  to the system that disk quotas should be enabled on one
     or more filesystems.  Quotaoff announces to the system that  the  specified
     filesystems  should  have	disk  quotas turned off.  The filesystem must be
     mounted and it must have the appropriate mount option file located  at  its
     root,  the  .quota.ops.user  file	for  user  quota  configuration, and the
     .quota.ops.group file for group quota configuration.  Quotaon also  expects
     each  filesystem  to  have  the appropriate quota data files located at its
     root, the .quota.user file for user data, and  the  .quota.group  file  for
     group  data.  These filenames and their root location cannot be overridden.
     By default, quotaon will attempt to enable both user and group quotas.   By
     default, quotaoff will disable both user and group quotas.

     Available options:

     -a      If  the  -a  flag	is  supplied  in  place of any filesystem names,
	     quotaon/quotaoff will enable/disable any filesystems with an exist-
	     ing mount option file at its root.  The mount option file specifies
	     the types of quotas that are to be configured.

     -g      Only group quotas will be enabled/disabled.  The mount option file,
	     .quota.ops.group, must exist at the root of the filesystem.

     -u      Only user quotas will be enabled/disabled.  The mount option  file,
	     .quota.ops.user, must exist at the root of the filesystem.

     -v      Causes  quotaon and quotaoff to print a message for each filesystem
	     where quotas are turned on or off.

     Specifying both -g and -u is equivalent to the default.

     Quotas for both users  and  groups  will  automatically  be  turned  on  at
     filesystem  mount if the appropriate mount option file and binary data file
     is in place at its root.

FILES
     Each of the following quota files is located at the  root	of  the  mounted
     filesystem.   The	mount option files are empty files whose existence indi-
     cates that quotas are to be enabled for that filesystem.

     .quota.user       data file containing user quotas
     .quota.group      data file containing group quotas
     .quota.ops.user   mount option file used to enable user quotas
     .quota.ops.group  mount option file used to enable group quotas

SEE ALSO
     quota(1), quotactl(2), edquota(8), quotacheck(8), repquota(8)

HISTORY
     The quotaon command appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution	October 17, 2002		      QUOTAON(8)

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