Excessive File Size quota.user*

[oldengine]

I noticed the following directory is consuming itself...
Server logwatch filesystem: /dev/sda2 9.7G 5.7G 3.6G 62% /usr

# ls -la /usr
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 62724243360 Mar 22 00:26 quota.user*

-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 62724243360 Apr 5 00:27 quota.user*

It appears that the file /usr/quota.user* is staying the same excessive size.

My server support folks say:
That file is a system file, it will get back to normal space on its own.
You shouldn't worry about it.

Is this true or is it defective?

 

[oldengine]

Am I in the correct forum with this?

 

[cPanelTristan]

Is there a reason you have quotas set for /usr partition? I cannot say it should be that large for the file size, since I do not have any system with quotas set on /usr to compare.

 

[oldengine]

No, there is not a reason for quotas at all. How do I deactivate?

 

[cPanelTristan]

You can modify /etc/fstab to remove quotas for /usr and then reboot, or you can try to remount it without quotas (which I wouldn't normally suggest doing as remounting while it is actually active could cause an issue). Please ensure to take a backup of /etc/fstab prior to editing it, and please ensure that someone is around with physical access to the machine if it doesn't come back from reboot.