This command is used to check and rebuild disk quotas of a file system. Quota is a method used to limit the amount of disk space or number of files by a user or a group.
It scans the specified file system(s) and checks for any inconsistencies or errors in the disk quota information. It then updates the quota files on disk with any modifications.
- About quotacheck: To scan a filesystem for disk usage, create, check and repair quota files
- Comes From : quota-3.17
- Configuration Files: NA
- Path: /sbin/quotacheck
Examples:
1. To scan the file system for a quota
| # quotacheck / # quotacheck -u mike |
2. To check for a particular user
| # quotacheck –user mike |
3. To check for a particular group
| # quotacheck -g SUPPORT # quotacheck –group SUPPORT |
4. To create new quota files
| # quota -c / # quota –create-files / |
5. To create backups of old quota files
| # quotacheck -b / # quotacheck –backup / |
6. To forcefully check even if quotas are enabled
| # quotacheck -f / # quotacheck –force / |
7. To run in interactive mode
| # quotacheck -i / # quotacheck –interactive / |
8. To use the first copy of duplicate structure
| # quotacheck -n / # quotacheck –use-first-dquot / |
9. To print the more messages
| # quotacheck -d / # quotacheck –debug / |
10. To not to remount the file system read only
| # quotacheck -m / # quotacheck –no-remount / |
11. To try remounting filesystem read-only
| # quotacheck -M / # quotacheck –try-remount / |
12. To exclude root when checking all filesystems
| # quotacheck -R / # quotacheck –exclude-root / |
13. To check quota files of specific format
| # quotacheck -F / # quotacheck –format= / |
14. To check all filesystems
| # quotacheck -a # quotacheck –all |
15. To get the help for quota
| # quota –help |
16. To get the version
| # quotacheck -V # quotacheck –version |
Related Commands: quota, quotactl, fstab, quotaon, repquota, convertquota, setquota, edquota, fsck, efsck, e2fsck, xfsck
