Disk quotas no longer show in a clean Ubuntu 24.04 install

[Stegan]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Ubuntu Linux 24.04.3
Webmin version	2.610
Usermin version	2.510
Virtualmin version	7.50.0 GPL
Theme version	26.20
Nginx version	1.24.0
Package updates	All installed packages are up to date

just built a new one and no quotas

[Joe]

The installer will enable quotas whenever it can. There are cases where it doesn’t know how or where it requires interventions beyond what the installer can safely do (some kinds of virtualization require changes on the host system for quotas to work, for instance, and network filesystems may require changes on the server or may not be manageable by Virtualmin at all).

Soft quotas do not require kernel/OS support, it’s just a scheduled job that checks usage and sends out optional emails about overages.

[Ilia]

@Stegan

just built a new one and no quotas

Can you tell us which file system your server is using?

[Joe]

This is changing the topic. If @Stegan wants help with enabling quotas on their new Installation, or determining why the installer failed to enable them, there needs to be a new topic for it.

This topic is about a system that previous was somehow reportedly showing disk quota features on the Edit Virtual Server and Edit Users pages without having disk quotas actually enabled (which is bug-like, but it’s a bug OP wants). So, we’re trying to figure out what they were seeing and how to make things work the way they want (which I think Soft Quotas does, but we’re waiting on follow up).

[Ilia]

We just need to know which file system it is. So, @Stegan, what is the output of the following command on your new Ubuntu 24.04?

lsblk -f

[Stegan]

@Ilia

lsblk -f

I was going to start a separate topic though not really important enough it is probably not relevant here

[Ilia]

@Stegan

I was going to start a separate topic though not really important enough it is probably not relevant here

I already split it into a new topic, no worries.

Quotas should definitely work with EXT4. What is the output of the following commands?

grep CONFIG_QUOTA /boot/config-$(uname -r)
uname -a 
grep quota /etc/fstab

[Cypher]

[Stegan]

[Ilia]

If you check “System Settings ⇾ Virtualmin Configuration: Server settings” page, do you have “Set quotas for domain and mail users” option enabled?

Also, do you have quotas set in “Quotas and limits” on “Edit Virtual Server” page?

If everything above is true, will running the command below fix the issue?

virtualmin-config-system -i Quotas

If not, what output does it produce?

Lastly, does force-refreshing the system information page on the dashboard help solve the issue?

[Stegan]

all defaults - no changes made

yes(if enabled)

nothing about Quotas !! - just checked another (older VM) and Quotas section is on that one.

I have not run that command yet I’m out of office with another client till pm today

[Ilia]

@Stegan

I have not run that command yet I’m out of office with another client till pm today

Please let me know when you do!

[Stegan]

nothing new in “Edit Virtual Server”

and no change on the “Dashboard” following re load

[nicolasmitchell]

Just a thought: is there output from this?

sudo repquota -a

[Stegan]

@nicolasmitchell

Just a thought: is there output from this?

sudo repquota -a

[AndrewBucklin]

I’m also having the same issue. Deployed a vanilla Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS from Azure Marketplace today. Also running ext4. I tried installing linux-image-extra-virtual and rebooting but that didn’t solve it. Let me know if I can assist in providing any additional details.