Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfs_quota: document how the default quota is stored

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On 12/3/20 2:07 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 02:00:01PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Nowhere in the man page is the default quota described; what it
>> does or where it is stored.  Add some brief information about this.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  man/man8/xfs_quota.8 | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
>> index dd0479cd..b3c4108e 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
>> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8
>> @@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ to a file on
>>  where the user's quota has not been exceeded.
>>  Then after rectifying the quota situation, the file can be moved back to the
>>  filesystem it belongs on.
>> +.SS Default Quotas
>> +The XFS quota subsystem allows a default quota to be enforced for any user which
> 
> "user"?  Does this not apply to group or project quotas? ;)

I thought about that, but the overview section already refers to "users" as a
generic idea, i.e. "Quotas can be set for each individual user on any/all of the
local filesystems."

I mean, I guess I could s/user/ID/ to be more clear or rewrite the whole overview...

>> +does not have a quota limit explicitly set. These limits are stored in and
> 
> Usual complaint about starting sentences in column zero in manpage
> source. :)

grumble grumble random nonobvious rules grumble ok

-Eric

> --D
> 
>> +displayed as the "root" user's limits, although they do not actually limit the
>> +root user.
>>  .SH USER COMMANDS
>>  .TP
>>  .B print
>> -- 
>> 2.17.0
>>
>>
> 




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