How to set Group Quota in Red Hat Enterprise Linux using SGID bit?

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Issue

  • How do I set disk usage quotas for a group ?
  • How do I set a quota for a group so that each user in the group combinly cannot exceed a certain number of megabytes in their home directory/filesystem?
  • How to restrict particular set of users from using a certain number of megabytes in a filesystem?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (ALL)
  • ext3/ext4 filesystems
  • File system quotas

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