[lustre-discuss] Applying quotas as squashed root

[Simon Guilbault]

Hi,

There is a quota_ops RBAC parameter since Lustre 2.16 if you are using the
nodemap feature.

https://doc.lustre.org/lustre_manual.xhtml#lustrenodemap.alteringproperties.managing

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM Backer via lustre-discuss <
lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Really appreciate it if someone could help with this question.
>
> The root user is squashed to 65534. It works fine because the root user is
> not able to create files in directories where others have not been given
> permission to. However, the root user is able to configure quotas using the
> "lfs setquota" command. How to prevent root from doing this?
>
> Thank you
>
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