From 6faa585f16f409b57359ce8a8846bc9c36a10b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify meaning of RootOnly in partition configuration
 information.

---
 doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index e49d440d64b..ba4af43a595 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -512,8 +512,12 @@ Possible values are "YES" and "NO".
 The default value is "NO".
 .TP
 \fBRootOnly\fR
-Specifies if only user ID zero (or user <i>root</i> may 
-initiate jobs in this partition.
+Specifies if only user ID zero (i.e. user \fIroot\fR) may allocate resources 
+in this partition. User root may allocate resources for any other user, 
+but the request must be initiated by user root. 
+This option can be useful for a partition to be managed by some 
+external entity (e.g. a higher\-level job manager) and prevents 
+users from directly using those resources.
 Possible values are "YES" and "NO". 
 The default value is "NO".
 .TP
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