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I have an ubuntu server. With a ext3 formatted filesystem. How can I limit a certain user to only be able to use X MB of disk space?

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sudo apt-get install quota

This link or this link have nice tutorials on how to set up quota.

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An alternative for one-off quota needs that does not depend on kernel quota support is to create a disk image and use a loopback mount to access it. This link shows how to do it.

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