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6.7. Setting Gear Quotas and Sizes for Specific Users

Use the oo-admin-ctl-user command to set individual user gear parameters to limit the number of gears a user is allowed, and change user access to gear sizes.
On the broker host, display gear information for a user with the following command. Replace username with the relevant user name: 
# oo-admin-ctl-user -l usernameoo-admin-ctl-user -l username
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Example 6.9. 

# oo-admin-ctl-user -l user

User user:
   consumed gears: 3
   max gears: 100
   gear sizes: small
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On the broker host, limit the number of gears a user is allowed with the following command. Replace username with the relevant user name and 101 with the desired number of gears: 
# oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --setmaxgears 101oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --setmaxgears 101oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --setmaxgears 101oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --setmaxgears 101
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Example 6.10. Limiting a User's Number of Gears

# oo-admin-ctl-user -l user --setmaxgears 101
Setting max_gears to 101... Done.

User user:
   consumed gears: 3
   max gears: 101
   gear sizes: small
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On the broker host, add a gear size for a user with the following command. Replace username with the relevant user name and medium with the desired gear size: 
# oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --addgearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --addgearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --addgearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --addgearsize medium
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Example 6.11. Enabling a Gear Size For a User

# oo-admin-ctl-user -l user --addgearsize medium
Adding gear size medium for user user... Done.

User user:
   consumed gears: 3
   max gears: 101
   gear sizes: small, medium
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On the broker host, remove a gear size from a user with the following command. Replace username with the relevant user name and medium with the desired gear size: 
# oo-admin-ctl-user -l username --removegearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --removegearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --removegearsize mediumoo-admin-ctl-user -l username --removegearsize medium
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Example 6.12. Removing a Gear Size For a User

# oo-admin-ctl-user -l user --removegearsize medium
Removing gear size medium for user user... Done.

User user:
   consumed gears: 3
   max gears: 101
   gear sizes: small
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