How To Set Filesystem Quotas

Filesystem quotas limit the amount of disk space a user or group can use on a filesystem, preventing users from filling up the machine’s disk and cause problems for other users and services. In this tutorial, we will install command line tools to create and inspect disk quotas, and set quotas for example users. Choose your operating system to get started.

Debian

Ubuntu

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