[Samba] Deletion of directory symlink via Samba deletes files in original subdirectory on Unix

[Kathy]

Windows reports the Unix symbolic link as being type "file folder", so
it sees it as an actual folder.

Kathy


On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Diego Zuccato <diego.zuccato at unibo.it> wrote:

> Uhm... Just a wild guess: win sees that folder is not empty, then first
> removes all the files in it, then the folder itself. Too bad the folder was
> a symlink, but the files were not...
>
> Does win show the symlink as a link or as a real folder?
>
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