From 0d7b09ac95e4cde766a534fdb7ea8dd46451ad53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Sandeen Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 12:17:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] xfs_quota: document how the default quota is stored 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 Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen --- man/man8/xfs_quota.8 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 index dd0479cd..6ead7ee9 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_quota.8 @@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ 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, group or project which does not have a quota limit +explicitly set. +These limits are stored in and displayed as ID 0's limits, although they +do not actually limit ID 0. .SH USER COMMANDS .TP .B print -- 2.29.2