[linux-cifs-client] Can't create symlink on a windows share

[brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr]

Hi,

thanks, I haven't SFU but i can install it, is there any doc about sfu  
and samba ?

Brice.

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:09:05 +0100
> brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I user samba 3.2.5 with 2.6.28 kernel and I mount homes from a windows
>> 2008 with pam_mount with this options :
>>
>> sec=krb5,guest,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0755,dir_mode=0755
>>
>> Mount is successfull but i can't create a symlink in the home :
>>
>> user1 at debian:~$ ln -sf aa rr
>> ln: creating symbolic link `rr': Permission non accordée
>>
>> Here there is the home acl :
>>
>> user1 at debian:~$ ls -al
>> total 5
>> drwxr-xr-x 1 root  root                       0 jan 12 11:09 .
>> drwxrwxrwx 4 root  root                    4096 nov 20 18:51 ..
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 user1 utilisateurs du domaine    0 jan 12 11:09 aa
>>
>
> Windows generally doesn't support the necessary SMB protocol extensions
> to create a symlink. Do you have SFU services enabled on the Win2k8
> host? You might be able to get it to work with that, but I don't know
> for sure.
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
>
>



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