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

brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr
Mon Jan 12 21:36:02 GMT 2009


Yes, but with SFU and NFS we can create symlink I think, why samba  
can't do the same thing ?

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:32:13 +0100
> brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks, I haven't SFU but i can install it, is there any doc about sfu
>> and samba ?
>>
>> Brice.
>>
>
> Actually...that won't help you. It looks like symlink creation generally
> just fails with -EOPNOTSUPP if unix extensions aren't present (and they
> won't be with a windows server). I'm afraid you'll need to use a server
> that supports posix extensions. I think only Samba does this currently.
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
>
>



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