Peter Gutmann wrote: > > Dave Tarbatt - ACS <D.A.Tarbattat_private> writes: > > >I've been looking into disk quotas under Windows 2000 and have uncovered a > >few anomalies. On top of a few peculiarities there appears to be a bug which > >allows a user to exceed their disk quota by as much as they wish. > > Isn't this just a cluster-size filling issue? It looks like accounting is > being done on a bytes-used basis but files are managed on a per-cluster basis, > so it's possible to extend files out to fill the cluster without coming into > conflict with the quota system. Not "just" a cluster-size filling issue. The idea of quotas is preventing people from using all available hard disk space, as that is a VERY effective DoS. This bug means that W2K basically does not have any quotas, since it does not provide that protection. -- Mikael Olsson, EnterNet Sweden AB, Box 393, S-891 28 ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK Phone: +46 (0)660 105 50 Fax: +46 (0)660 122 50 Mobile: +46 (0)70 248 00 33 WWW: http://www.enternet.se E-mail: mikael.olssonat_private
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