Mount with smbfs treats symlinks invalid
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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samba (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: smbfs
I have mounted Samba-share on a (Ubuntu-) server to a Gutsy desktop:
user@gutsy-
//lin01/public /media/lin01-public smbfs lfs,fmask=
That works OK:
user@gutsy-
//lin01/public on /media/lin01-public type smbfs (rw)
But when I try to access a folder which is actually a symlink on the (server) share it self, it refuses, giving the following error:
user@gutsy-
bash: cd: mp3: No such file or directory
This is very odd, because I was under the impression that symlinks on samba-shares are fully transparent (i.e. invisible) from the client side perspective, but actually, the client gives the the exact symlink info (something normally only visible on the server it self):
user@gutsy-
total 1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-04-09 11:22 mp3 -> /data/public/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2006-10-20 22:17 mp3-extra -> /data/public/
(watch 'l' for link)
When I do this in Feisty, it is as expected:
user@lin11:
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2007-06-03 23:55 mp3
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2007-04-09 17:57 mp3-extra
(watch 'd' for directory)
My problem is two folded:
- is it normal I can see the symlink info (different behaviour in Feisty)
- why are symlink folders on a samba-share not accessible?
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
Could you try to use the cifs module instead of smbfs ?
Which version does the ubuntu-server run ?