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I have some problem when I'm trying to allocate disk limit for user in Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS system. I use edquota to specify the amount of disk space for user after edit fstab file. Here are some questions I'm confusing.

I have enabled disk quota in the "/" inside fstab file. The problem is when I use the command sudo repquota -a, you can see that the block size of my test2 user is 48928 KB

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Let's compare the total amount of disk space of test2 user by issuing the command

sudo du -hc /home/test2

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See what? The du command calculated the whole test2's home directory only 2MB. So why repquota calculates that much? 48MB.

By the way, How can I config the disk limit for user's home directory only? Is that useful? Because users only have permission of thier home directory. But I just want to know if it can be done.

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  • Could you ask your last question in another question?
    – Braiam
    Aug 28, 2013 at 22:47

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Because when you use du -hc /home/test2, as you can see you don't have permission access at some files from /home/test2. Use:

sudo du -hc /home/test2

as you used for repquota -a.

Also, if you used -h (--human-readable) for du you should use -s (--human-readable) for repquota. See man du and man repquota for more info.

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  • I edited! But just only 2MB after calculation. Still confusing very much X_X
    – George Luong
    Aug 28, 2013 at 11:24
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    @GeorgeLuong What about sudo repquota -as? If you used -h (--human-readable) for du you should use -s (--human-readable) for repquota. See man du and man repquota for more info.
    – Radu Rădeanu
    Aug 28, 2013 at 11:34
  • lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wy2g3YlV1f0/Uh3hDoAFJ9I/AAAAAAAAM-M/… Check this Radu
    – George Luong
    Aug 28, 2013 at 11:38
  • Hey! I found that, for example, If you put a 10MB file to the home folder of any user, the repquota will double that file's size! In this case, 20MB. But when I delete that file, empty the trash. rep only clear 10MB of the calculation... If you have time, you must check it down. The du command works fine. I tested.
    – George Luong
    Aug 28, 2013 at 12:18
  • @GeorgeLuong that sounds like a bug in repquota...
    – Braiam
    Aug 28, 2013 at 22:47

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