From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D58B7F7B for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:36:51 -0600 (CST) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1A7304062 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:36:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [63.231.237.45]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id V98uv1j5ORPw1we9 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:36:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54628F7B.7080604@sandeen.net> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:36:43 -0600 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Enforcing quota for root user References: <67EDE14C-CCFB-4B42-8B78-FC6C813CD19A@free.fr> <5461B333.8050609@hardwarefreak.com> <54622CE8.7050508@hardwarefreak.com> <631A9090-F9FE-4B8E-88CD-1B30CAFC65B7@colorremedies.com> <20141111223203.GS28565@dastard> In-Reply-To: <20141111223203.GS28565@dastard> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Dave Chinner , Chris Murphy Cc: Stan Hoeppner , xfs@oss.sgi.com On 11/11/14 4:32 PM, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:00:25AM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> On Nov 11, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >>> On 11/11/2014 04:22 AM, Cyril Scetbon wrote: >>>> That's what I've read first, but someone showed me a sample where it works. He just told me he was using project quota. However, does it make sense ? >>>> I've also read somewhere else that quota is never enforced for root user (id,gid=0) that's why I was testing it .... >>> >>> No, it doesn't make sense. Why would you want to enforce quotas for root? >> >> A week ago I tried this and project quotas appear to apply to root. > > By intent and design. Project quotas are not a user/group based > quota and so there is no exemption for any user. However, at least according to the manpage, "project ID 0" is not enforced. Granted, that is not a *user* exception. -Eric _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs