quotactl
QUOTACTL(2) QUOTACTL(2)
NAME
quotactl - manipulate disk quotas
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/quota.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <xfs/xqm.h>
#include <linux/dqblk_v1.h>
#include <linux/dqblk_v2.h>
long quotactl(int cmd, char ∗special, qid_t id, caddr_t addr)
DESCRIPTION
The quotactl() call manipulates disk quotas. cmd indicates a command
to be applied to UID id or GID id. To set the type of quota use the
QCMD(cmd, type) macro. special is a pointer to a null-terminated
string containing the path name of the block special device for the
filesystem being manipulated. addr is the address of an optional,
command specific, data structure which is copied in or out of the sys-
tem. The interpretation of addr is given with each command below.
Q_QUOTAON Turn on quotas for a filesystem. id is the identifica-
tion number of the quota format to be used. Format num-
bers are defined in the header file of appropriate for-
mat. Currently there are two supported quota formats
whose numbers are defined by constants QFMT_VFS_OLD
(original quota format) and QFMT_VFS_V0 (new VFS v0
quota format). addr points to the path name of file
containing the quotas for the filesystem. The quota
file must exist; it is normally created with the quo-
tacheck(8) program. This call is restricted to the
super-user.
Q_QUOTAOFF Turn off quotas for a filesystem. addr and id are
ignored. This call is restricted to the super-user.
Q_GETQUOTA Get disk quota limits and current usage for user or
group id. addr is a pointer to an if_dqblk structure
(defined in <sys/quota.h>). The field dqb_valid
defines the entries in the structure which are set cor-
rectly. On Q_GETQUOTA call all entries are valid. Only
the super-user may get the quotas of a user other than
himself.
Q_SETQUOTA Set current quota information for user or group id.
addr is a pointer to an if_dqblk structure (defined in
<sys/quota.h>). The field dqb_valid defines which
entries in the quota structure are valid and should be
set. The constants for dqb_valid field are defined in
the <sys/quota.h> header file. This call obsoletes
calls Q_SETQLIM and Q_SETUSE in the previous quota
interfaces. This call is restricted to the super-user.
Q_GETINFO Get information (like grace times) about quotafile.
addr should be a pointer to an if_dqinfo structure
(defined in <sys/quota.h>). The dqi_valid field in the
structure defines entries in it which are valid. On
Q_GETINFO call all entries are valid. Parameter id is
ignored.
Q_SETINFO Set information about quotafile. addr should be a
pointer to if_dqinfo structure (defined in
<sys/quota.h>). The field dqi_valid defines which
entries in the quota info structure are valid and
should be set. The constants for dqi_valid field are
defined in the <sys/quota.h> header file. This call
obsoletes calls Q_SETGRACE and Q_SETFLAGS in the previ-
ous quota interfaces. Parameter id is ignored. This
operation is restricted to super-user.
Q_GETFMT Get quota format used on the specified filesystem.
addr should be a pointer to a memory (4 bytes) where
the format number will be stored.
Q_SYNC Update the on-disk copy of quota usages for a filesys-
tem. If special is null then all filesystems with
active quotas are sync’ed. addr and id are ignored.
Q_GETSTATS Get statistics and other generic information about
quota subsystem. addr should be a pointer to dqstats
structure (defined in <sys/quota.h>) in which data
should be stored. special and id are ignored.
For XFS filesystems making use of the XFS Quota Manager (XQM), the
above commands are bypassed and the following commands are used:
Q_XQUOTAON Turn on quotas for an XFS filesystem. XFS provides the
ability to turn on/off quota limit enforcement with
quota accounting. Therefore, XFS expects the addr to
be a pointer to an unsigned int that contains either
the flags XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ACCT and/or XFS_QUOTA_UDQ_ENFD
(for user quota), or XFS_QUOTA_GDQ_ACCT and/or
XFS_QUOTA_GDQ_ENFD (for group quota), as defined in
<xfs/xqm.h>. This call is restricted to the superuser.
Q_XQUOTAOFF Turn off quotas for an XFS filesystem. As in Q_QUO-
TAON, XFS filesystems expect a pointer to an unsigned
int that specifies whether quota accounting and/or
limit enforcement need to be turned off. This call is
restricted to the superuser.
Q_XGETQUOTA Get disk quota limits and current usage for user id.
addr is a pointer to a fs_disk_quota structure (defined
in <xfs/xqm.h>). Only the superuser may get the quotas
of a user other than himself.
Q_XSETQLIM Set disk quota limits for user id. addr is a pointer
to a fs_disk_quota structure (defined in <xfs/xqm.h>).
This call is restricted to the superuser.
Q_XGETQSTAT Returns a fs_quota_stat structure containing XFS
filesystem specific quota information. This is useful
in finding out how much space is spent to store quota
information, and also to get quotaon/off status of a
given local XFS filesystem.
Q_XQUOTARM Free the disk space taken by disk quotas. Quotas must
have already been turned off.
There is no command equivalent to Q_SYNC for XFS since sync(1) writes
quota information to disk (in addition to the other filesystem meta-
data it writes out).
RETURN VALUES
quotactl() returns:
0 on success.
-1 on failure and sets errno to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EFAULT addr or special are invalid.
ENOSYS The kernel has not been compiled with the QUOTA option.
EINVAL
cmd or type is invalid.
ENOENT The file specified by special or addr does not exist.
ENOTBLK special is not a block device.
EPERM The call is privileged and the caller was not the
super-user.
ESRCH No disc quota is found for the indicated user.
Quotas have not been turned on for this filesystem.
If cmd is Q_QUOTAON, quotactl() may set errno to:
EACCES The quota file pointed to by addr exists but is not a
regular file.
The quota file pointed to by addr exists but is not on
the filesystem pointed to by special.
EINVAL The quota file is corrupted.
ESRCH Specified quota format was not found.
EBUSY Q_QUOTAON attempted while another Q_QUOTAON has already
taken place.
SEE ALSO
quota(1), getrlimit(2), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8)
QUOTACTL(2)
