Orphaned Symlink
marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us
marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Fri Jan 11 13:54:11 GMT 2002
If I'm in the wrong list for this question, I apologize.
Running RedHat 7.1, Samba 2.2.1a.
I'm trying to set up a symbolic link between two Samba shares. When I issue the "ln" command (see below) it appears to run, but if I "ls" the directory, I get white, flashing text on a red background. This is supposed to mean the symlink is orphaned.
Attempting a symlink to a server who's NetBIOS name is "SMB2" and share on it called "Public" to server SMB1 (see pertinenct smb.conf parts below). I issue the "ln" command as directed in the HowTo on "Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System Tree On Samba" (see below). When I issue the command I'm in /usr/local/UDrive/Public on SMB1.
ln -s msdfs:smb2\\Public others
All I get is the blinking link when I list the directory
Any help is much appreciated.
Marion D. Haines
Network Administrator
Board of County Commissioners
Brevard County, Florida
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EMail: marion.haines at countygovt.brevard.fl.us
Phone: 321-617-7398
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# Samba config file created using SWAT
# Date: 2002/01/11 16:08:46
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = STGROUP
netbios name = SMB1
server string = Server Samba1, Version %v
interfaces = 192.168.204.40/255.255.255.0
encrypt passwords = Yes
smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
time server = Yes
deadtime = 15
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
domain admin group = root @sadmin
logon script = scripts\sstartup.bat
logon path =
logon home =
domain logons = Yes
os level = 64
preferred master = True
domain master = True
dns proxy = No
wins support = Yes
host msdfs = Yes
write list = @sadmin
printer admin = @sadmin
create mask = 0755
printing = lprng
dos filetimes = Yes
[UDrive]
comment = SAMBA folder for user data storage.
path = /usr/local/UDrive
read only = No
create mask = 0766
[Public]
comment = For file transfer between offices using MSDFS.
path = /usr/local/UDrive/Public
admin users = @sadmin
read only = No
create mask = 0744
guest ok = Yes
dos filemode = Yes
msdfs root = Yes
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