Re: Disk (over)quota in Windows 2000

[mikael.olsson () ENTERNET SE (Mikael Olsson)]

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Dave Tarbatt - ACS <D.A.Tarbatt () BOLTON AC UK> 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.

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