Nowhere in the xfs_quota 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(+) V2: use "user" only in the generic sense as the rest of the overview does, and do not refer to the "root user" specifically, rather to the root/#0 ID. (project lists "#0" and user/group lists "root") diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 index dd0479cd..be04fb30 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 +does not have a quota limit explicitly set. +These limits are stored in and displayed as the root / ID #0 limits, although +they do not actually limit the root user. .SH USER COMMANDS .TP .B print
