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vedquota(8)
NAME
  vedquota - edits quotas

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/vedquota [-p proto_user] [-u] username...

  /usr/sbin/vedquota [-p proto_group] -g groupname...

  /usr/sbin/vedquota [-u|-g] -t

OPTIONS
  -g  Edits the quotas of one or more groups, specified by groupname on the
      command line.

  -p proto_user | proto_group
      Duplicates the established quotas of proto_user for the specified
      username. Or, if used with the -g option, duplicates the quotas of
      proto_group for the specified groupname.	Establishing quotas for one
      user or group and then using the -p option to duplicate these quotas
      for other users is the common mechanism used to initialize quotas for
      multiple users.

  -t  Sets or changes the default grace period for which users may exceed
      their soft limits. By default, or when you specify -t with the -u
      option, the grace period is set for all filesets with user quotas
      specified in the /etc/fstab file.

  -u  Edits the quotas of one or more users, specified by username ... on the
      command line.  The -u option is the default.

OPERANDS
  proto_user

  proto_group
      Specifies a prototypical user or group. A prototypical user or group
      has previously-defined, valid quota files that you want to duplicate
      for other user or group quota files.

DESCRIPTION
  Operations supported by the vedquota command are also supported by the
  edquota command.  See edquota(8).  The vedquota command is supported only
  for backward compatibility with operating system versions earlier than
  DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0 and will be retired in a future release of the
  product.

  The vedquota command is a quota editor that allows you to add and modify
  user and group quotas.  Use the vquota command to display the existing
  quota information. Note that disk quotas are displayed as 1 kilobyte
  blocks.

  For each user or group specified, the vedquota command creates a temporary
  file with an ASCII representation of the current quotas for that user or
  group, then invokes an editor to allow you to modify the file.  The vi
  editor is invoked by default.	 To override the default, specify a different
  editor for the EDITOR environment variable in your login file.

  Setting a hard limit to 0 (zero) indicates that no quota should be imposed.
  Setting a hard limit to 1 (one) indicates that no allocations should be
  permitted.  Setting a soft limit to 1 (one) with a hard limit of 0 (zero)
  indicates that allocations should be permitted on only a temporary basis
  (see the -t option). The current usage information in the file is for
  informational purposes; only the hard and soft limits can be changed.

  For each fileset, the vedquota command creates a temporary file with an
  ASCII representation of the current grace period for that user or group,
  then invokes an editor to allow you to modify the grace period. The grace
  period may be specified in days, hours, minutes, or seconds.	Setting a
  grace period to 0 (zero) indicates that the default grace period should be
  imposed.  Setting a grace period to 1 second indicates that no grace period
  should be granted. When you exit the editor, vedquota reads the temporary
  file and modifies the quota.user and quota.group files for the target
  fileset to reflect the changes made.

  Changes in grace periods take effect immediately unless a grace period is
  currently in effect.	For example, assume a user exceeds a soft limit and
  receives a grace period of 7 days.  A subsequent change to a grace period
  of 1 day will not affect the user's already-invoked grace period, unless
  the user drops below the soft limit and exceeds it once again.  The default
  grace period for a fileset is specified in the quota.user and quota.group
  files for the target fileset.

RESTRICTIONS
  Only filesets listed in the /etc/fstab directory with a
  userquota,groupquota entry can be edited with the vedquota command.

  You must be the root user to edit quotas.

FILES
  /usr/sbin/vedquota
      Specifies the command path

  [fileset_root]/quota.user
      Contains user quotas for filesets

  [fileset_root]/quota.group
      Contains group quotas for filesets

  /etc/fstab
      Contains fileset names and locations

SEE ALSO
  vquota(1), quotacheck(8), vquotaon(8), quotactl(2), fstab(4)