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DISK Class

Each record in the DISK class defines a system volume. Volume is the general term that refers to any of the entities that you can create and use on a computer running Windows operating systems (Server editions) such as a primary partition, a logical drive in an extended partition, a volume set, a stripe set, a mirror set, or a stripe set with parity. A volume has a single drive letter assigned to it and is formatted for use by a file system.

Note: You cannot create objects in the DISK class using CA ControlMinder.

The key of the DISK class is the assigned drive letter (C:, D:, an so on).

The following definitions describe the properties contained in this class record. Most properties are modifiable and can be manipulated using selang or the administration interfaces. Non-modifiable properties are marked informational.

ATIME

(Informational). The time the record was last accessed.

CTIME

(Informational). Created time.

DACL

Defines the standard access control list that contains the user names and group names authorized to access the resource, and the level of access granted to each.

Users who want to modify this property must be the owner of the resource or have special access to the resource (to modify the ACL).

Each element in the access control list contains the following information:

Access Type

Specifies permissions to the resource:

  • Allowed-Permits special access to the resource.
  • Denied-Denies special access to the resource.
Accessor

The user or group for whom the access rights are allowed or denied.

Access

The access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Note: In an empty ACL, no accesses are explicitly granted, so access is implicitly denied. For a resource that has no ACL, no protection is assigned to the object, so any access request is granted.

Use auth or auth- command to modify this property.

FILE_SYSTEM

(Informational). A name to designate the file system (such as FAT or NTFS).

FREE_SPACE

(Informational). The total amount of free space (in KB) on the disk.

GID

Displays the group information for the file or device.

LABEL

(Informational). The name of the specified volume.

LINK_NUMB

(Informational). Specifies the number of links. For non-NTFS file systems, this property is always one.

MTIME

(Informational). The time the record was last modified.

OWNER

Defines the user or group that owns the record.

SACL

Windows System Access Control List. Displays audit directives.

TYPE

(Informational). Specifies whether the disk is removable, fixed, a CD-ROM, a RAM disk, or a network drive.

USED_SPACE

(Informational). The total amount of used space (in KB) on the disk.