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OS-1566 filesystem limits for ZFS datasets


 384 is set to \fBlegacy\fR, \fBZFS\fR makes no attempt to manage the file system,
 385 and the administrator is responsible for mounting and unmounting the file
 386 system.
 387 .SS "Zones"
 388 .sp
 389 .LP
 390 A \fBZFS\fR file system can be added to a non-global zone by using the
 391 \fBzonecfg\fR \fBadd fs\fR subcommand. A \fBZFS\fR file system that is added to
 392 a non-global zone must have its \fBmountpoint\fR property set to \fBlegacy\fR.
 393 .sp
 394 .LP
 395 The physical properties of an added file system are controlled by the global
 396 administrator. However, the zone administrator can create, modify, or destroy
 397 files within the added file system, depending on how the file system is
 398 mounted.
 399 .sp
 400 .LP
 401 A dataset can also be delegated to a non-global zone by using the \fBzonecfg\fR
 402 \fBadd dataset\fR subcommand. You cannot delegate a dataset to one zone and the
 403 children of the same dataset to another zone. The zone administrator can change
 404 properties of the dataset or any of its children. However, the \fBquota\fR
 405 property is controlled by the global administrator.

 406 .sp
 407 .LP
 408 A \fBZFS\fR volume can be added as a device to a non-global zone by using the
 409 \fBzonecfg\fR \fBadd device\fR subcommand. However, its physical properties can
 410 be modified only by the global administrator.
 411 .sp
 412 .LP
 413 For more information about \fBzonecfg\fR syntax, see \fBzonecfg\fR(1M).
 414 .sp
 415 .LP
 416 After a dataset is delegated to a non-global zone, the \fBzoned\fR property is
 417 automatically set. A zoned file system cannot be mounted in the global zone,
 418 since the zone administrator might have to set the mount point to an
 419 unacceptable value.
 420 .sp
 421 .LP
 422 The global administrator can forcibly clear the \fBzoned\fR property, though
 423 this should be done with extreme care. The global administrator should verify
 424 that all the mount points are acceptable before clearing the property.
 425 .SS "Native Properties"


 951 .sp .6
 952 .RS 4n
 953 Controls whether device nodes can be opened on this file system. The default
 954 value is \fBon\fR.
 955 .RE
 956 
 957 .sp
 958 .ne 2
 959 .na
 960 \fB\fBexec\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR\fR
 961 .ad
 962 .sp .6
 963 .RS 4n
 964 Controls whether processes can be executed from within this file system. The
 965 default value is \fBon\fR.
 966 .RE
 967 
 968 .sp
 969 .ne 2
 970 .na















 971 \fB\fBmountpoint\fR=\fIpath\fR | \fBnone\fR | \fBlegacy\fR\fR
 972 .ad
 973 .sp .6
 974 .RS 4n
 975 Controls the mount point used for this file system. See the "Mount Points"
 976 section for more information on how this property is used.
 977 .sp
 978 When the \fBmountpoint\fR property is changed for a file system, the file
 979 system and any children that inherit the mount point are unmounted. If the new
 980 value is \fBlegacy\fR, then they remain unmounted. Otherwise, they are
 981 automatically remounted in the new location if the property was previously
 982 \fBlegacy\fR or \fBnone\fR, or if they were mounted before the property was
 983 changed. In addition, any shared file systems are unshared and shared in the
 984 new location.
 985 .RE
 986 
 987 .sp
 988 .ne 2
 989 .na
 990 \fB\fBnbmand\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR\fR


1014 .sp
1015 .ne 2
1016 .na
1017 \fB\fBquota\fR=\fIsize\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
1018 .ad
1019 .sp .6
1020 .RS 4n
1021 Limits the amount of space a dataset and its descendents can consume. This
1022 property enforces a hard limit on the amount of space used. This includes all
1023 space consumed by descendents, including file systems and snapshots. Setting a
1024 quota on a descendent of a dataset that already has a quota does not override
1025 the ancestor's quota, but rather imposes an additional limit.
1026 .sp
1027 Quotas cannot be set on volumes, as the \fBvolsize\fR property acts as an
1028 implicit quota.
1029 .RE
1030 
1031 .sp
1032 .ne 2
1033 .na















1034 \fB\fBuserquota@\fR\fIuser\fR=\fIsize\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
1035 .ad
1036 .sp .6
1037 .RS 4n
1038 Limits the amount of space consumed by the specified user. User space
1039 consumption is identified by the \fBuserspace@\fR\fIuser\fR property.
1040 .sp
1041 Enforcement of user quotas may be delayed by several seconds. This delay means
1042 that a user might exceed their quota before the system notices that they are
1043 over quota and begins to refuse additional writes with the \fBEDQUOT\fR error
1044 message . See the \fBzfs userspace\fR subcommand for more information.
1045 .sp
1046 Unprivileged users can only access their own groups' space usage. The root
1047 user, or a user who has been granted the \fBuserquota\fR privilege with \fBzfs
1048 allow\fR, can get and set everyone's quota.
1049 .sp
1050 This property is not available on volumes, on file systems before version 4, or
1051 on pools before version 15. The \fBuserquota@\fR... properties are not
1052 displayed by \fBzfs get all\fR. The user's name must be appended after the
1053 \fB@\fR symbol, using one of the following forms:


3110 send             subcommand
3111 share            subcommand     Allows sharing file systems over NFS or SMB
3112                                 protocols
3113 snapshot         subcommand     Must also have the 'mount' ability
3114 groupquota       other          Allows accessing any groupquota@... property
3115 groupused        other          Allows reading any groupused@... property
3116 userprop         other          Allows changing any user property
3117 userquota        other          Allows accessing any userquota@... property
3118 userused         other          Allows reading any userused@... property
3119 
3120 aclinherit       property
3121 aclmode          property
3122 atime            property
3123 canmount         property
3124 casesensitivity  property
3125 checksum         property
3126 compression      property
3127 copies           property
3128 devices          property
3129 exec             property

3130 mountpoint       property
3131 nbmand           property
3132 normalization    property
3133 primarycache     property
3134 quota            property
3135 readonly         property
3136 recordsize       property
3137 refquota         property
3138 refreservation   property
3139 reservation      property
3140 secondarycache   property
3141 setuid           property
3142 shareiscsi       property
3143 sharenfs         property
3144 sharesmb         property
3145 snapdir          property

3146 utf8only         property
3147 version          property
3148 volblocksize     property
3149 volsize          property
3150 vscan            property
3151 xattr            property
3152 zoned            property
3153 .fi
3154 .in -2
3155 .sp
3156 
3157 .sp
3158 .ne 2
3159 .na
3160 \fB\fBzfs allow\fR \fB-c\fR \fIperm\fR|@\fIsetname\fR[,...]
3161 \fIfilesystem\fR|\fIvolume\fR\fR
3162 .ad
3163 .sp .6
3164 .RS 4n
3165 Sets "create time" permissions. These permissions are granted (locally) to the




 384 is set to \fBlegacy\fR, \fBZFS\fR makes no attempt to manage the file system,
 385 and the administrator is responsible for mounting and unmounting the file
 386 system.
 387 .SS "Zones"
 388 .sp
 389 .LP
 390 A \fBZFS\fR file system can be added to a non-global zone by using the
 391 \fBzonecfg\fR \fBadd fs\fR subcommand. A \fBZFS\fR file system that is added to
 392 a non-global zone must have its \fBmountpoint\fR property set to \fBlegacy\fR.
 393 .sp
 394 .LP
 395 The physical properties of an added file system are controlled by the global
 396 administrator. However, the zone administrator can create, modify, or destroy
 397 files within the added file system, depending on how the file system is
 398 mounted.
 399 .sp
 400 .LP
 401 A dataset can also be delegated to a non-global zone by using the \fBzonecfg\fR
 402 \fBadd dataset\fR subcommand. You cannot delegate a dataset to one zone and the
 403 children of the same dataset to another zone. The zone administrator can change
 404 properties of the dataset or any of its children. However, the \fBquota\fR,
 405 \fBfilesystem_limit\fR and \fBsnapshot_limit\fR properties are controlled by the
 406 global administrator.
 407 .sp
 408 .LP
 409 A \fBZFS\fR volume can be added as a device to a non-global zone by using the
 410 \fBzonecfg\fR \fBadd device\fR subcommand. However, its physical properties can
 411 be modified only by the global administrator.
 412 .sp
 413 .LP
 414 For more information about \fBzonecfg\fR syntax, see \fBzonecfg\fR(1M).
 415 .sp
 416 .LP
 417 After a dataset is delegated to a non-global zone, the \fBzoned\fR property is
 418 automatically set. A zoned file system cannot be mounted in the global zone,
 419 since the zone administrator might have to set the mount point to an
 420 unacceptable value.
 421 .sp
 422 .LP
 423 The global administrator can forcibly clear the \fBzoned\fR property, though
 424 this should be done with extreme care. The global administrator should verify
 425 that all the mount points are acceptable before clearing the property.
 426 .SS "Native Properties"


 952 .sp .6
 953 .RS 4n
 954 Controls whether device nodes can be opened on this file system. The default
 955 value is \fBon\fR.
 956 .RE
 957 
 958 .sp
 959 .ne 2
 960 .na
 961 \fB\fBexec\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR\fR
 962 .ad
 963 .sp .6
 964 .RS 4n
 965 Controls whether processes can be executed from within this file system. The
 966 default value is \fBon\fR.
 967 .RE
 968 
 969 .sp
 970 .ne 2
 971 .na
 972 \fB\fBfilesystem_limit\fR=\fIcount\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
 973 .ad
 974 .sp .6
 975 .RS 4n
 976 Limits the number of filesystems that can exist at this point in the filesystem
 977 tree. The count of nested filesystems includes the filesystem on which the
 978 limit is set, thus the minimum value is 1. The limit is not enforced in the
 979 global zone. Setting a filesystem_limit on a descendent of a filesystem that
 980 already has a filesystem_limit does not override the ancestor's
 981 filesystem_limit, but rather imposes an additional limit. This feature must be
 982 enabled to be used (see \fBzpool-features\fR(5)).
 983 .RE
 984 .sp
 985 .ne 2
 986 .na
 987 \fB\fBmountpoint\fR=\fIpath\fR | \fBnone\fR | \fBlegacy\fR\fR
 988 .ad
 989 .sp .6
 990 .RS 4n
 991 Controls the mount point used for this file system. See the "Mount Points"
 992 section for more information on how this property is used.
 993 .sp
 994 When the \fBmountpoint\fR property is changed for a file system, the file
 995 system and any children that inherit the mount point are unmounted. If the new
 996 value is \fBlegacy\fR, then they remain unmounted. Otherwise, they are
 997 automatically remounted in the new location if the property was previously
 998 \fBlegacy\fR or \fBnone\fR, or if they were mounted before the property was
 999 changed. In addition, any shared file systems are unshared and shared in the
1000 new location.
1001 .RE
1002 
1003 .sp
1004 .ne 2
1005 .na
1006 \fB\fBnbmand\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR\fR


1030 .sp
1031 .ne 2
1032 .na
1033 \fB\fBquota\fR=\fIsize\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
1034 .ad
1035 .sp .6
1036 .RS 4n
1037 Limits the amount of space a dataset and its descendents can consume. This
1038 property enforces a hard limit on the amount of space used. This includes all
1039 space consumed by descendents, including file systems and snapshots. Setting a
1040 quota on a descendent of a dataset that already has a quota does not override
1041 the ancestor's quota, but rather imposes an additional limit.
1042 .sp
1043 Quotas cannot be set on volumes, as the \fBvolsize\fR property acts as an
1044 implicit quota.
1045 .RE
1046 
1047 .sp
1048 .ne 2
1049 .na
1050 \fB\fBsnapshot_limit\fR=\fIcount\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
1051 .ad
1052 .sp .6
1053 .RS 4n
1054 Limits the number of snapshots that can be created on a dataset and its
1055 descendents. Setting a snapshot_limit on a descendent of a dataset that already
1056 has a snapshot_limit does not override the ancestor's snapshot_limit, but
1057 rather imposes an additional limit. The limit is not enforced in the global
1058 zone, but recursive snapshots taken from the global zone are counted on each
1059 dataset. This feature must be enabled to be used (see \fBzpool-features\fR(5)).
1060 .RE
1061 
1062 .sp
1063 .ne 2
1064 .na
1065 \fB\fBuserquota@\fR\fIuser\fR=\fIsize\fR | \fBnone\fR\fR
1066 .ad
1067 .sp .6
1068 .RS 4n
1069 Limits the amount of space consumed by the specified user. User space
1070 consumption is identified by the \fBuserspace@\fR\fIuser\fR property.
1071 .sp
1072 Enforcement of user quotas may be delayed by several seconds. This delay means
1073 that a user might exceed their quota before the system notices that they are
1074 over quota and begins to refuse additional writes with the \fBEDQUOT\fR error
1075 message . See the \fBzfs userspace\fR subcommand for more information.
1076 .sp
1077 Unprivileged users can only access their own groups' space usage. The root
1078 user, or a user who has been granted the \fBuserquota\fR privilege with \fBzfs
1079 allow\fR, can get and set everyone's quota.
1080 .sp
1081 This property is not available on volumes, on file systems before version 4, or
1082 on pools before version 15. The \fBuserquota@\fR... properties are not
1083 displayed by \fBzfs get all\fR. The user's name must be appended after the
1084 \fB@\fR symbol, using one of the following forms:


3141 send             subcommand
3142 share            subcommand     Allows sharing file systems over NFS or SMB
3143                                 protocols
3144 snapshot         subcommand     Must also have the 'mount' ability
3145 groupquota       other          Allows accessing any groupquota@... property
3146 groupused        other          Allows reading any groupused@... property
3147 userprop         other          Allows changing any user property
3148 userquota        other          Allows accessing any userquota@... property
3149 userused         other          Allows reading any userused@... property
3150 
3151 aclinherit       property
3152 aclmode          property
3153 atime            property
3154 canmount         property
3155 casesensitivity  property
3156 checksum         property
3157 compression      property
3158 copies           property
3159 devices          property
3160 exec             property
3161 filesystem_limit property
3162 mountpoint       property
3163 nbmand           property
3164 normalization    property
3165 primarycache     property
3166 quota            property
3167 readonly         property
3168 recordsize       property
3169 refquota         property
3170 refreservation   property
3171 reservation      property
3172 secondarycache   property
3173 setuid           property
3174 shareiscsi       property
3175 sharenfs         property
3176 sharesmb         property
3177 snapdir          property
3178 snapshot_limit   property
3179 utf8only         property
3180 version          property
3181 volblocksize     property
3182 volsize          property
3183 vscan            property
3184 xattr            property
3185 zoned            property
3186 .fi
3187 .in -2
3188 .sp
3189 
3190 .sp
3191 .ne 2
3192 .na
3193 \fB\fBzfs allow\fR \fB-c\fR \fIperm\fR|@\fIsetname\fR[,...]
3194 \fIfilesystem\fR|\fIvolume\fR\fR
3195 .ad
3196 .sp .6
3197 .RS 4n
3198 Sets "create time" permissions. These permissions are granted (locally) to the