[linux-cifs-client] sym/hardlink error

Shannon Johnson sjohnson at engr.psu.edu
Wed Aug 18 20:23:27 GMT 2004


There was some work done on the "unix extensions" and the "wide links"
options after Samba 3.0.4. I believe 3.0.5, or the upcoming 3.0.6 might
fix your problem...

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Shannon Johnson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Barker [mailto:Scott_Barker at mtechIT.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:16 PM
> To: Steven French
> Cc: linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [linux-cifs-client] sym/hardlink error
> 
> Doing;
> 
>   echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
> 
> on the client did not help. Nor did setting:
> 
>   wide links = yes
> 
> on the server.
> 
> Are there any other settings in the smb.conf file on the server I
could
> adjust? I already have:
> 
>   unix extensions = yes
> 
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 02:49:42PM -0500, Steven French wrote:
> >
> > > It looks like I might have my samba 3.0.4 server misconfigured
> > > somehow if it's returning NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> >
> > Is widelinks configured in smb.conf on the samba server (also see
the
> smb.conf
> > man page entry on wide links, which often need to be enabled in
order
> for
> > symlinks to make any sense over the network).  This is especially
> important if
> > the symlink is to an absolute path.   CIFS Symlinks in Samba were
not
> very
> > functional on older versions unless you used relative path names.
> >
> > As an experiment for hardlinks you can also try doing it the windows
way
> by
> > turning off (echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled) which is
> also
> > likely to fail but is worth a try.
> >
> >
> > Steve French
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Linux Technology Center - IBM Austin
> > phone: 512-838-2294
> > email: sfrench at-sign us dot ibm dot com
> 
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