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/usr/bin/edquota

linux disk quota system tools

From quota-tools 4.11-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running edquota --help (exit 1). permalink

edquota: Usage:
	edquota [-u] [-F formatname] [-p username] [-f filesystem] username ...
	edquota -g [-F formatname] [-p groupname] [-f filesystem] groupname ...
	edquota -P [-F formatname] [-p projectname] [-f filesystem] projectname ...
	edquota [-u|g|-P] [-F formatname] [-f filesystem] -t
	edquota [-u|g|-P] [-F formatname] [-f filesystem] -T username|groupname|projectname ...

-u, --user                    edit user data
-g, --group                   edit group data
-P, --project                 edit project data
-F, --format=formatname       edit quotas of a specific format
-p, --prototype=name          copy data from a prototype user/group
    --always-resolve          always try to resolve name, even if it is
                              composed only of digits
-f, --filesystem=filesystem   edit data only on a specific filesystem
-t, --edit-period             edit grace period
-T, --edit-times              edit grace time of a user/group
-h, --help                    display this help text and exit
-V, --version                 display version information and exit

Bugs to: jack@suse.cz
Options (13)
OptionDescriptionSource
-u, --userEdit the user quota.help + man
-g, --groupEdit the group quota.help + man
-P, --projectEdit the project quota.help + man
-F, --format formatnameEdit quota for specified format (ie.help + man
-p, --prototype nameDuplicate the quotas of the prototypical user specified for each user specified.help + man
--always-resolveAlways try to translate user / group name to uid / gid even if the name is composed of digits only.help + man
-f, --filesystem filesystemPerform specified operations only for given filesystem (default is to perform operations for all filesystems with quota).help + man
-t, --edit-periodEdit the soft time limits for each filesystem.help + man
-T, --edit-timesEdit time for the user/group/project when softlimit is enforced.help + man
-h, --helpdisplay this help text and exithelp
-V, --versiondisplay version information and exithelp
-r, --remoteEdit also non-local quota use rpc.rquotad on remote server to set quota. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-m, --no-mixed-pathnamesCurrently, pathnames of NFSv4 mountpoints are sent without leading slash in the path. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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