Changing Your UNIX Disk Quota

Before submitting this form. . .

Log onto Copland or Strauss to determine your current disk quota(s) . Type the UNIX command
```
     quota -v 
```
For each filesystem on which you have a disk quota, the system will report one line of information. For example, in the following example, the user has a 20 megabyte (20480 kilobyte) disk quota on the /home/strauss/usrb filesystem, and a 4 megabyte (4096 kilobyte) disk quota on the /home/strauss/usrc filesystem.
```
     Disk quotas for jdoe (uid 9999):
     Filesystem    usage  quota  limit    ...
     /home/strauss/usrb
                   13422  20480  25600    ...
     /home/strauss/usrc
                    2850   4096   5120    ...
```
Make sure you have a computing project other than Project 4000 ("Universal E-mail"). You cannot increase your disk quota if the only computing project you have is Project 4000. Type the UNIX command
```
     chdgrp
```
to list your currently active projects.

Note:
If 4000 is your only project, you must be added by an appropriate project director to his or her computing project. This can be authorized by your department head, your professor, or your research advisor, whomever is the appropriate project director for the work requiring the quota increase.
If you use the Disk Quota Form to request a quota increase under Project 4000, the process will generate and send a electronic form letter to the project director you specify. The e-mail will request that you be added to his or her project.
Make sure you know who the project director for that project is and his or her preferred e-mail address. You can use the on-line e-mail directory search to locate addresses on the UNIX system.

After you have this information. . .

If you are not the Project Director, select and fill in the Disk Quota Form.
If you are the Project Director, select and fill in the Project Director Disk Quota Form instead.

Questions or comments? Send e-mail to Quota Requests.

Last revised: July 2, 1996