Linux Admin – Quota Management As a Linux administrator, quota management is an important aspect of managing file systems and controlling disk usage by users. Quotas allow you to set limits on the amount of disk space a user or a group can consume. Here's a general guide on how to manage quotas in Linux: Enabling Quota Management in C Linux is basically a 4 step process – Step 1 − Enable quota management for groups and users in /etc/fstab. Step 2 − Remount the filesystem. Step 3 − Create Quota database and generate disk usage table. Step 4 − Assign quota policies. Enable Quota Management in /etc/fstab First, we want to backup our /etc/fstab filen − [root@localhost ~]# cp -r /etc/fstab ./ We now have a copy of our known working /etc/fstab in the current working directory. We made the following changes in the options section of /etc/fstab for the volume or Label to where quotas are to be applied for users and groups. usrquota grpquota As you can see, we