[Samba] ln: creating symbolic link `file.txt': Operation not supported, Mounted to Windows 2003 shared

[Michael Wood]

2009/10/19 Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi>:
>
>> cd /web
>> ln -s index.php sample.php
>> ln: creating symbolic link `sample.php': Operation not supported --- this
>> is
>> the error.
>>
>> How can I make this work? Any help or clarification is appreciated.
>
> Windows supports links ("shortcuts") using unique .lnk extension, use it?

I believe NTFS support symbolic links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

but there are restrictions, and I don't know whether or not Windows'
SMB/CIFS implementation supports them.

-- 
Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>