Specify UNIX users for quotas
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You can specify a UNIX user for a quota in one of several different formats.
The three formats available when specifying a UNIX user for a quota include the following:
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The user name (such as jsmith).
You cannot use a UNIX user name to specify a quota if that name includes a backslash (\) or an @ sign. This is because ONTAP treats names containing these characters as Windows names.
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The user ID or UID (such as 20).
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The path of a file or directory owned by that user, so that the file's UID matches the user.
If you specify a file or directory name, you must select a file or directory that will last as long as the user account remains on the system.
Specifying a file or directory name for the UID does not cause ONTAP to apply a quota to that file or directory.