Google Cloud Platform - Ubuntu Pro - Quota format not supported in kernel

Question

I cannot get quota to work on Fresh copy of Ubuntu Pro

mount -o remount / quotacheck -avugm
    quotacheck: Scanning /dev/root [/] done
    quotacheck: Checked 19045 directories and 94713 files 
quotaon -avug
    quotaon: using //quota.group on /dev/root [/]: No such process
    quotaon: Quota format not supported in kernel.
    quotaon: using //quota.use
    r on /dev/root [/]: No such process    
    quotaon: Quota format not supported in kernel.

I have also installed sudo apt install linux-image-extra-virtual with no success finding the quota modules. find /lib/modules/uname -r -type f -name 'quota_v.ko*'

uname -r = 5.4.0-1044-gcp

Any help will be appreciated ?

The link I provided shows a number of steps to determine the problem. There are two primary items to review: a) the installed kernel modules. b) configuration setup. Your question lacks details in both areas. — John Hanley, Jun 22 '21 at 18:47

Donno · Answer 1 · 2021-06-22T20:33:27.920

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sudo apt-get -y install quota quotatool
sudo apt install linux-image-extra-virtual
sudo apt-get install linux-modules-extra-gcp
reboot
quotaoff -a
quotacheck -avugm
quotaon -avug

edited Jun 22 '21 at 20:33

answered Jun 22 '21 at 11:00

Donno

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Pit · Answer 2 · 2021-07-01T10:09:39.263

Install required packages:

sudo apt-get -y install quota quotatool linux-image-extra-virtual  linux-modules-extra-gcp

Add usrquota option to mount options in /etc/fstab:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Output:

LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs   /        ext4   defaults       0 1

Afterwards:

LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs   /        ext4   defaults,usrquota,grpquota       0 1

Then proceed to remount the filesystem, as in this example we are using / :

sudo mount -o remount /

To examine the file system and build the required files for the quota utility, you will use the quotacheck command. The command will create a file named aquota.user if it is not already in the system. Run the command below:

sudo quotacheck -ucm /

Verify aquota.user has been created under / folder:

sudo ls -ls /

Output:

 8 -rw-------   1 root root  7168 Jul  1 09:51 aquota.group
 8 -rw-------   1 root root  7168 Jul  1 09:51 aquota.user

Check if quota is enabled:

sudo quotaon -v /

Output:

/dev/root [/]: group quotas turned on
/dev/root [/]: user quotas turned on

Version of my reproduction:

$ uname -a

Linux ubuntupro 5.8.0-1035-gcp #37~20.04.1-Ubuntu

Google Cloud Platform - Ubuntu Pro - Quota format not supported in kernel

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