Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:38:34AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > mv seems to be able to rename a snapshot. Maybe we could have cp on a > snapshot mean clone eg: > $ cd .zfs/snapshot > $ mv foo bar > $ cp bar baz > $ rm may Hmm, why not a .clones in snapshots' .zfs? Then

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Darren Dunham
> The other option is to allow users to this by doing operations in the > special ".zfs" directory. This should even be possible over NFS or CIFS. > For example creation, rename and delete of snapshots using normal file > system tools, in .zfs/snapshot. > > mv seems to be able to rename a sna

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Darren J Moffat
Jeff Bonwick wrote: For example, if I gave you the right to snapshot ~darrenm, I might want to only allow you 10 snapshots. Is that a worthwhile restriction or is it better to just let quotas take care of that? At issue here is the potential for (again :) zfs to spam df output through potential

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Jeff Bonwick
> For example, if I gave you the right to snapshot ~darrenm, I might > want to only allow you 10 snapshots. Is that a worthwhile restriction > or is it better to just let quotas take care of that? > > At issue here is the potential for (again :) zfs to spam df output > through potentially acciden

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Darren J Moffat
Rainer Orth wrote: Mark Shellenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yes we do need something like this. This is already covered by the following CRs 6280676, 6421209. These RFE's are currently being investigated. The basic idea is that an adminstrator will be allowed to grant specific users/gro

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Rainer Orth
Mark Shellenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes we do need something like this. > > > > This is already covered by the following CRs 6280676, 6421209. > > These RFE's are currently being investigated. The basic idea is that > an adminstrator will be allowed to grant specific users/groups

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Darren Reed
Darren J Moffat wrote: Roland Mainz wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: James Dickens wrote: I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or t

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-24 Thread Darren J Moffat
Roland Mainz wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: James Dickens wrote: I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or take 5000 snapshots its his f

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Darren J Moffat wrote: James Dickens wrote: Hi I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or take 5000 snapshots its his filesystem, let h

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Roland, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 10:31:37 PM, you wrote: RM> Darren J Moffat wrote: >> James Dickens wrote: >> > I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, >> > so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his >> > space how ever he see's fit, if he

Re[2]: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello James, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 10:25:10 PM, you wrote: JD> On 5/23/06, Robert Milkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello James, >> >> Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 6:43:11 PM, you wrote: >> >> JD> Hi >> >> JD> I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, >> JD> so if i cr

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Roland Mainz
Darren J Moffat wrote: > James Dickens wrote: > > I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, > > so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his > > space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or > > take 5000 snapshots its his filesys

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread James Dickens
On 5/23/06, Robert Milkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello James, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 6:43:11 PM, you wrote: JD> Hi JD> I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, JD> so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his JD> space how ever he see's f

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello James, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 6:43:11 PM, you wrote: JD> Hi JD> I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, JD> so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his JD> space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or JD> take 5000 sn

Re: [zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread Darren J Moffat
James Dickens wrote: Hi I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or take 5000 snapshots its his filesystem, let him. If he wants to destro

[zfs-discuss] RFE filesystem ownership

2006-05-23 Thread James Dickens
Hi I think ZFS should add the concept of ownership to a ZFS filesystem, so if i create a filesystem for joe, he should be able to use his space how ever he see's fit, if he wants to turn on compression or take 5000 snapshots its his filesystem, let him. If he wants to destroy snapshots, he create