SYSTEMD-QU...@.SERVICE(8)

💖 SYSTEMD-QUOTACHECK@.SERVICE(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the systemd-quotacheck@.service manual — the file system quota checker logic page, and yes the header truncates the name to SYSTEMD-QU...@.SERVICE(8) because terminals have zero chill about long names. we move. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

systemd-quotacheck@.service, systemd-quotacheck-root.service, systemd-quotacheck — literally just the file system quota checker logic. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

systemd-quotacheck@.service

systemd-quotacheck-root.service

/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-quotacheck

three little icons, one job. no cap. 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so systemd-quotacheck@.service and systemd-quotacheck-root.service are services whose whole main character moment is running file system quota checks. 📋

they run once at boot, right after all the necessary file systems are mounted — like, they're not showing up early to the party, they wait until the filesystems are actually seated. 🪑

and here's the gatekeeping part: they are pulled in only if at least one file system has quotas enabled. no quotas, no service. it's giving exclusive invite list. 💌

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🧚 KERNEL COMMAND LINE 🧚

systemd-quotacheck understands exactly one kernel command line parameter. one. singular. she's focused. 👑

• quotacheck.mode= — one of "auto", "force", "skip". controls the mode of operation. the default is "auto", and it ensures that file system quota checks are done when the file system quota checker deems them necessary — like, it decides for itself, she's autonomous. "force" unconditionally results in full file system quota checks (no thoughts, just checking, full send 🔥). "skip" skips any file system quota checks. not today, quota check. 💀

added in version 186. ⭐

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🫶 CREDENTIALS 🫶

systemd-quotacheck supports the service credentials logic as implemented by ImportCredential=/LoadCredential=/SetCredential= — peek at systemd.exec(5) for the details, bestie, that's where the lore lives. 📖

the following credentials are used when passed in:

• quotacheck.mode — the contents of the credential are parsed in the same way as the kernel command line option of the same name. see above for more details. it's the same energy, just delivered as a credential instead. 💌

added in version 258. 🌟

ngl, note that by default the systemd-quotacheck@.service and systemd-quotacheck-root.service unit files are set up to inherit the quotacheck.mode credential from the service manager. so it just gets handed down like a family heirloom. 🎀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• systemd(1)
• quotacheck(8)
• systemd-fsck@.service(8)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate it. 🍓 the source is systemd 262.1 — that's the version, the whole era, the moment — and it's all from the SYSTEMD-QU...@.SERVICE(8) manual page. go forth and check those quotas, periodt. 💅✨