Network Implementation and Support Lesson 07 File System Management - Eric Vanderburg

1. Network Implementation &
Support
Chapter 7
Advanced File System
Management
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2. Attributes
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Read Only
Hidden
System
Archive
• Attrib command
• Show hidden files
• Show system files
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3. Other Attributes
• Compression
– Folder turns blue
– Compact /c /u /s
• EFS (Encrypted File System)
– Folder turns green
– Cipher /e (encrypt) /d (decrypt) /s (subfolders)
path
– FEK (File Encryption Key) – stored in the
header and used to encrypt the file
– DDF (Data Decryption Field) – where the FEK
is stored.
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4. Sharing EFS files
• New to Server 2003
• Advanced Attributes  Details  click
add to allow other users to access the file
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5. Quotas
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Enabled on volume properties
Enabled or disabled
Deny disk space to offenders
Limit to…
Warning level
Logging
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6. DFS
• DFS (Distributed File System)
• Allows shares to be placed in a different
order or hierarchy
• Standalone
• Domain based
• DFS root – where all shares are stored –
looks like a shared folder
• DFS link – pointer to other shares
• Replica set
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7. Acronyms
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DDF, Data Decryption Field
DRF, Data Recovery Field
DFS, Distributed File System
EFS, Encrypting File System
FEK, File Encryption Key
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