The Old New Thing

July 2014 - Page 3 of 3 - The Old New Thing

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Surreptitious file access by administrator

July 3, 2014 Jul 3, 2014 07/3/14
Raymond Chen
A security report was received that went something like this: A user can bypass file sharing locks by opening a read-only handle to the physical volume containing the file in question. This allows the user to extract the contents of protected files by reading the corresponding sectors directly from the disk. Since this operation requires ...

What is the default size of the Recycle Bin, and how can an administrator control the size of the Recycle Bin?

July 1, 2014 Jul 1, 2014 07/1/14
Raymond Chen
A customer was setting up a file server to which they intended to redirect all their employees' documents. They were concerned about the amount of disk space used by all the Recycle Bins on that server. Is there a fixed default size for the Recycle Bin, or is it based on the size of the disk? Is there a way we can change the default size for...