From c4ae0efcd68f0fe755da32fc90e81b33aaf6cc22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Warner Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 02:08:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs/configuration.txt: expand the 'sizelimit' docs --- docs/configuration.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration.txt b/docs/configuration.txt index dc61a77a..7a54437e 100644 --- a/docs/configuration.txt +++ b/docs/configuration.txt @@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ for debugging. To cause the node to accept SSH connections on port 8022, symlink "authorized_keys.8022" to your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, and it will accept the same keys as the rest of your account. -sizelimit: If present, this file limits the storage for share data on -this client. +sizelimit: If present, this file establishes an upper bound (in bytes) on the +amount of storage consumed by share data (data that your node holds on behalf +of clients that are uploading files to the grid). To avoid providing more +than 100MB of data to other clients, write "100000000" into this file. Note +that this is a fairly loose bound, and the node may occasionally use slightly +more storage than this. To enforce a stronger (and possibly more reliable) +limit, use a symlink to place the 'storage/' directory on a separate +size-limited filesystem, and/or use per-user OS/filesystem quotas. == Node State == -- 2.45.2