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WARNQUOTA.CONF(5) File Formats Manual WARNQUOTA.CONF(5)
warnquota.conf - configuration for warnquota
/etc/warnquota.conf
The warnquota.conf file stores a configuration for warnquota(8)
tool which is used to notify a user or a group who exceeds its
disk quota limits.
The syntax is an option name followed by an equal sign and the
option value. White space characters surrounding the option names
and values are allowed.
Empty lines or lines starting with a hash sign or a semicolon are
ignored.
An option value can but does not have to be quoted. The value can
span across multiple lines provided each previous line ends with a
backslash.
Some option values can contain formatting sequences which will be
expanded to their respective values. Following sequences are
recognized:
%d domain name
%h host name
%i, %s user or group name
%% literal % character
| new-line character
CC_BEFORE
Send to copy-carbon address only when a user has less than
specified grace time left. Value is a number followed by a
time unit. Known units are seconds, minutes, hours, and
days. Example: 5 days
CC_TO An e-mail address to put into copy-carbon (CC:) recipient
header. Default value is root.
CHARSET
Defines character set for sent e-mails. Default value will
be current locale character set used when executing
warnquota command, if locale is not either C or POSIX.
Otherwise no character set will be specified in the e-
mails.
FROM Defines From: e-email address. Default value is
support@localhost.
GROUP_MESSAGE
A text sent as an e-mail body if a group exceeds its
limits. This option recognizes formatting sequences.
GROUP_SIGNATURE
A signature text appended to notification for a group.
Default value is a general explanation utilizing SUPPORT
and PHONE values. This option recognizes formatting
sequences.
LDAP_BASEDN
Base distinguished name for LDAP queries.
LDAP_BINDDN
Bind distinguished name for LDAP queries.
LDAP_BINDPW
Bind password for LDAP queries.
LDAP_DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN
Default e-mail address domain of searched user if given
LDAP attribute does not specify any.
LDAP_HOST
LDAP server name to connect to if LDAP_URI is not defined.
LDAP_MAIL
A boolean controlling if LDAP has to be used to look up
user's e-mail address. Possible values are true and false.
Default value is false.
LDAP_MAIL_ATTRIBUTE
The LDAP attribute which holds user's e-mail address.
LDAP_PORT
LDAP server port number to connect to if LDAP_URI is not
defined.
LDAP_SEARCH_ATTRIBUTE
The LDAP attribute which holds user's ID to look up.
LDAP_URI
The URL of LDAP server to use to search user's e-mail
addresses. This option takes preference over LDAP_HOST and
LDAP_PORT. Example: ldaps://example.com:389/
MESSAGE
A beginning of text sent as an e-mail body if a user
exceeds his limits. This option recognizes formatting
sequences.
MAIL_CMD
The command to execute to send an e-mail. The e-mail text
including all headers is passed to the standard input of
the command. Default value is /usr/lib/sendmail -t.
MAILDEV
The device with disk quotas to exclude from sending
notifications if there are exceeded limits. This option
should identify the device where mail boxes are stored to
prevent from bouncing the warnquota notification by local
MDA due to no space for storing new e-mails. Special value
any denotes all devices.
PHONE The telephone contact to the user support. Default value is
(xxx) xxx-xxxx or (yyy) yyy-yyyy.
SIGNATURE
The end of e-mail body if a user exceeds its limits.
Default value is a general explanation utilizing SUPPORT
and PHONE values. This option recognizes formatting
sequences.
SUBJECT
The text to put into Subject: header. Default value is Disk
Quota usage on system.
SUPPORT
The contact to the user support. Default value is
support@localhost.
# comment
FROM = root@example.com
SUPPORT = support@example.com
PHONE = 1234
/etc/warnquota.conf
configuration for warnquota(8)
warnquota(8).
This page is part of the quota (Linux Diskquota Tools) project.
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WARNQUOTA.CONF(5)
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