permenently disabling disk quotas

[chilihost]

disk quotas are a constant hassle for me and I don't need them, what is the best way to permanently disable them on an entire server? Does:
quotaoff -av
work and will this keep the quotas disabled even after a reboot?

thanks!

[chirpy]

No. You should remove the usrquota parameter from your disks in /etc/fstab to achieve that.

[AndyReed]

disk quotas are a constant hassle for me and I don't need them, what is the best way to permanently disable them on an entire server? Does:
quotaoff -av
work and will this keep the quotas disabled even after a reboot?

To achieve this goal, you'll need to re-compile your Kernel with quota off.

[chirpy]

AFAIK, No, you don't. You only need to make the fstab modification I mentioned and then turn off quotas and remove the quota files as I mentioned.

[chilihost]

thank you I will try removing that parameter.

[chilihost]

My /etc/fstab file looks like this:

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults,usrquota        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext2    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
LABEL=/home2            /home2                  ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda2               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0

so should I just remove that ,usrquota bit?

thanks again.

[bijo]

My /etc/fstab file looks like this:

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults,usrquota        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext2    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
LABEL=/home2            /home2                  ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda2               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0

so should I just remove that ,usrquota bit?

thanks again.

Hello,

Run the command
quotaoff -a
Then remove the entry userquota from fstab, It will help you

[chilihost]

perfect, thanks!