/home/quota.user-steps of configure the quota 7. mount the partition using usrquota , grpquota option eg label=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 1 in fstab then reboot or remount the filesystem #mount -o remount /home 8. create the quota information file #touch /home/aquota.user #touch /home/aquota.group 9. initialize the quota database #quotacheck -ug /home 10. enable the quota #quotaon -ug /home 11. apply the quota policy #edquota -u user1 /home 12. monitor the quota #quota username #repquota /home aquota.user is the quota information file as well as aquota.group is the group quota information file.