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

[brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr]

Hi,

is it simple to modify CIFS kernel module to create Hard Link instead  
of Symlinkj ?

for example replace symlink_create function by hardlink_create ?

If yes, where can I have to see ?

Regards,
Brice

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:36:02 +0100
> brice.rouanet at iut-tlse3.fr wrote:
>
>> Yes, but with SFU and NFS we can create symlink I think, why samba
>> can't do the same thing ?
>>
>
> The CIFS protocol has unix extensions, but they were not ever adopted
> by Microsoft. Other clients and servers (notably Samba and Linux CIFS
> VFS) implement these extensions, but Microsoft's products do not.
>
> If you use CIFS to mount a share from a samba server the client and
> server will generally negotiate unix extensions and you'll be able to
> create symlinks. When you mount a windows server, that negotiation
> fails and you only get the ability to do "core" CIFS calls.
>
> It would be nice if Microsoft would implement unix extensions, but so
> far that hasn't happened.
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
>
>



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