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6 smbcquotas - Set or get QUOTAs of NTFS 5 shares
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9 smbcquotas {//server/share} [-u user] [-L] [-F] [-S QUOTA_SET_COMMAND]
10 [-n] [-t] [-v] [-d debuglevel] [-s configfile] [-l logdir] [-V]
11 [-U username] [-N] [-k] [-A]
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14 This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
15 The smbcquotas program manipulates NT Quotas on SMB file shares.
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19 The following options are available to the smbcquotas program.
20 -u user
22 Specifies the user of whom the quotas are get or set. By default the
23 current user's username will be used.
24 -L
26 Lists all quota records of the share.
27 -F
29 Show the share quota status and default limits.
30 -S QUOTA_SET_COMMAND
32 This command sets/modifies quotas for a user or on the share,
33 depending on the QUOTA_SET_COMMAND parameter which is described
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35 -n
37 This option displays all QUOTA information in numeric format. The
38 default is to convert SIDs to names and QUOTA limits to a readable
39 string format.
40 -t
42 Don't actually do anything, only validate the correctness of the
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44 -v
46 Be verbose.
47 -h|--help
49 Print a summary of command line options.
50 -V
52 Prints the program version number.
53 -s <configuration file>
55 The file specified contains the configuration details required by
56 the server. The information in this file includes server-specific
57 information such as what printcap file to use, as well as descrip‐
58 tions of all the services that the server is to provide. See
59 smb.conf for more information. The default configuration file name
60 is determined at compile time.
61 -d|--debuglevel=level
63 level is an integer from 0 to 10. The default value if this parame‐
64 ter is not specified is zero.
65 The higher this value, the more detail will be logged to the log
67 files about the activities of the server. At level 0, only critical
68 errors and serious warnings will be logged. Level 1 is a reasonable
69 level for day-to-day running - it generates a small amount of infor‐
70 mation about operations carried out.
71 Levels above 1 will generate considerable amounts of log data, and
73 should only be used when investigating a problem. Levels above 3 are
74 designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of log
75 data, most of which is extremely cryptic.
76 Note that specifying this parameter here will override the
78 parameter in the smb.conf file.
80 -l|--logfile=logdirectory
82 Base directory name for log/debug files. The extension ".progname"
83 will be appended (e.g. log.smbclient, log.smbd, etc...). The log
84 file is never removed by the client.
85 -N
87 If specified, this parameter suppresses the normal password prompt
88 from the client to the user. This is useful when accessing a service
89 that does not require a password.
90 Unless a password is specified on the command line or this parameter
92 is specified, the client will request a password.
93 If a password is specified on the command line and this option is
95 also defined the password on the command line will be silently ing‐
96 nored and no password will be used.
97 -k
99 Try to authenticate with kerberos. Only useful in an Active Direc‐
100 tory environment.
101 -A|--authentication-file=filename
103 This option allows you to specify a file from which to read the
104 username and password used in the connection. The format of the file
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106 username = <value>
112 password = <value>
113 domain = <value>
114 Make certain that the permissions on the file restrict access from
118 unwanted users.
119 -U|--user=username[%password]
121 Sets the SMB username or username and password.
122 If %password is not specified, the user will be prompted. The client
124 will first check the USER environment variable, then the LOGNAME
125 variable and if either exists, the string is uppercased. If these
126 environmental variables are not found, the username GUEST is used.
127 A third option is to use a credentials file which contains the
129 plaintext of the username and password. This option is mainly pro‐
130 vided for scripts where the admin does not wish to pass the creden‐
131 tials on the command line or via environment variables. If this
132 method is used, make certain that the permissions on the file
133 restrict access from unwanted users. See the -A for more details.
134 Be cautious about including passwords in scripts. Also, on many sys‐
136 tems the command line of a running process may be seen via the ps
137 command. To be safe always allow rpcclient to prompt for a password
138 and type it in directly.
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141 The format of an the QUOTA_SET_COMMAND is an operation name followed by
142 a set of parameters specific to that operation.
143 To set user quotas for the user specified by -u or for the current
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146 UQLIM:<username>:<softlimit>/<hardlimit>
148 To set the default quotas for a share:
150 FSQLIM:<softlimit>/<hardlimit>
152 To change the share quota settings:
154 FSQFLAGS:QUOTA_ENABLED/DENY_DISK/LOG_SOFTLIMIT/LOG_HARD_LIMIT
156 All limits are specified as a number of bytes.
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160 The smbcquotas program sets the exit status depending on the success or
161 otherwise of the operations performed. The exit status may be one of
162 the following values.
163 If the operation succeeded, smbcquotas returns an exit status of 0. If
165 smbcquotas couldn't connect to the specified server, or when there was
166 an error getting or setting the quota(s), an exit status of 1 is
167 returned. If there was an error parsing any command line arguments, an
168 exit status of 2 is returned.
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171 This man page is correct for version 3.0 of the Samba suite.
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174 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
175 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
176 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
177 smbcquotas was written by Stefan Metzmacher.
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