Comment 4 for bug 1201844

Okay.

While moving the bulk entry to the left ( as you described) seems to work with account quotas, it doesn't seem to work with container quotas. ( or is the account admin user exempt from the container quota limitations?)

Thanks!

Steve Mayer
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On Jul 16, 2013, at 10:14, David Goetz <email address hidden> wrote:

> i think maybe only in etc/proxy-server.conf-sample in the bulk section
> but it only mentions auth and ratelimiting not quotas
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> Title:
> Auto-extract feature of bulk.py can bypass quota settings
>
> Status in OpenStack Object Storage (Swift):
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When using the archive auto-extract feature of the bulk.py module, it
> is possible to blow out the account and/or container quotas that might
> be configured.
>
> Once the initial size of the archive to be uploaded passes the quota
> checks, nothing is done to ensure that the expanded size of the
> archive contents also meets quota restrictions. This allows for the
> opportunity of blowing the quota by quite a bit depending on the
> contents of the archive.
>
> Using Swift 1.8.0 release.
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