please use the script to configure disk quota limit for the specific user - able to set limit and threshold level in bytes.
situation: as an administrator, I want to limit a drive space for a user then I can use this script
## to set disk quota limits per user
import ctypes
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
class disable_file_system_redirection:
_disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
_revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
def __enter__(self):
self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
if self.success:
self._revert(self.old_value)
drName = 'C:' ## Here you can modify your drive name if you want to set drive 'E:'
threshold = '8000000000' ## warning level in bytes - 8GB set for warning
limit = '10000000000' ## limit level in bytes - 10GB set for limit
username = 'newuser' ## username of the specific user
mode = 'track' ## mode has 2 options - <b>track / enforce;</b> when we use <b>track </b>- disk limit can be crossed by the user but we notified when we use <b>enforce </b>user is blocked to cross his limit
with disable_file_system_redirection():
_obj = Popen('fsutil quota {} {}'.format(mode, drName), stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True)
result = _obj.communicate()
rcode = _obj.returncode
if rcode == 0:
with disable_file_system_redirection():
obj = Popen('fsutil quota modify {} {} {} {}'.format(drName, threshold, limit, username), stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True)
re = obj.communicate()
rec = obj.returncode
if rec == 0:
print 'disk quota is set for the user {} successfully.
usage limit: {}
threshold level: {}'.format(username, limit, threshold)
else:
for ln in re:
if ln != '':
print ln
else:
for line in result:
if line != '':
print line
usage sample:
you can change the value of following variables as per your requirement,
drName = ‘C:’ ## Here you can modify your drive name if you want to set drive ‘E:’
threshold = ‘8000000000’ ## warning level in bytes - 8GB set for warning
limit = ‘10000000000’ ## limit level in bytes - 10GB set for limit
username = ‘newuser’ ## username of the specific user
mode = ‘track’ ## mode has 2 options - track / enforce; when we use track - disk limit can be crossed by the user but we notified when we use enforce user is blocked to cross his limit
sample output:
