UCS 2.4 - Univention

Figure 5.6: List of partitions
5.3 Standard modules
activated. On the other hand, if the activated status is shown in the column next to partitions, the quota
has already been activated.
To activate this support for one or more partitions subsequently, it must be selected and activated in the
table.
If the quota management on a partition is activated, it is possible to change to the Partition overview
category via the partition name in the table. This view shows details on current quota settings on the
selected partition. An example of this can be seen in Figure 5.7.
The quota settings for individual users can be added, deleted or changed here. There is an input mask for
each task. The values inputted limit the file quantities for each user on the selected partition. In general,
such limitations are defined by two values:
Soft limit When this limit is met, the user is warned that he has reached his quota limit. This value must
be smaller than the hard limit so that the user still has the possibility of deleting files.
Hard limit When this limit is reached the user can no longer write on the partition. For example, if this
applies to the home directory it can lead to problems with log-ins.
These two limit values can be specified in different units.
Files The soft and hard limits for files limit the quantity of user files by imposing a limit on the number of
files created.
Blocks The limitation of blocks applies to the file quantity in respect of the total size of all the user’s files
in a partition.
The difference between the soft and hard limits should be selected large enough to allow users sufficient
time to clean up and save files.
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