The Linux Newbie Guide - quotaon Command

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quotaon - Enable Quotas

The quotaon command is used to enable disk quotas on a file system. It creates the "quota.user" and "quota.group" files in the file system, which store information about quotas for individual users and groups.

The syntax of the quotaon command is: quotaon [OPTIONS].

Common options include:

-a: Enable quotas on all file systems that have quotas configured in "/etc/fstab."
-g: Enable quotas on the file system for a specified group.
-p: Display whether quotas are currently enabled.
-u: Enable quotas on the file system for a specified user.

For example:

# quotaon -a ←Enable quotas on all file systems with quotas configured in /etc/fstab
# quotaon -u /home ←Enable quotas for users under the /home file system (groups are not enabled)

For more examples and explanations, refer to the provided link.