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How you specify UNIX users for quotas
You can specify a UNIX user for a quota using one of three formats: the user name, the UID, or a file or directory owned by the user.
To specify a UNIX user for a quota, you can use one of the following formats:
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The user name, as defined in the /etc/passwd file or the NIS password map, such as jsmith.
Note: You cannot use a UNIX user name to specify a quota if that name includes a backslash (\) or an @ sign. This is because Data ONTAP treats names containing these characters as Windows names.
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The 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 should choose 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 Data ONTAP to apply a quota to that file or directory.