7.4. Disabling Quotas for a Filesystem
To permanently deactivate quotas for an ext2 or ext3 filesystem, follow these steps:
1. | On the main page of the module, click on Disable Quotas under the Action column for the filesystem. |
2. | To prevent quotas from being reactivated at boot time, go to the Disk and Network Filesystems module and click on the filesystem from the list. |
3. | Change the Use Quotas? option to No. |
4. | Click the Save button. If an error saying that the filesystem is already in use appears, just click the Apply to Permanent List button. |
For an xfs filesystem, Step 1 is not necessary (or possible) as quotas are only enabled when the filesystem is mounted. In Step 4, however, when saving the quota settings for the filesystem, it must be ...
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