UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi experts,

I was wondering if there is a way to access some NFS symlink files that are set using absolute paths from Windows?

On windows/cygwin, I'm able to access relative path symlinks but not the absolute path symlinks.


Assume on Linux (mylinux):
/usr/local/file.c
ln -s /usr/local/file.c fileX1.c (absolute path)
ln -s file.c fileX2.c (relative path)

Assume samba has been set up, so I can open these files on Windows:

Code:

\\mylinux\usr\local\file.c
\\mylinux\usr\local\fileX2.c

But not:

Code:

\\mylinux\usr\local\fileX1.c

I tried to mount (on Cygwin):

Code:

mount "//mylinux" "/"

So I can browse

Code:

/usr/local/*

And open

Code:

/usr/local/file.c
/usr/local/fileX2.c

but still can't open

Code:

/usr/local/fileX1.c

Is there away to make it work?
Or it's just impossible due to file system differences.

Thank you,

By default, Samba follows symlinks, but only to files within exported directories. Check your smb.conf for a line disabling "follow symlinks", and enable it for this share. Also, try setting

Code:

wide links = on

for that particular share, which would allow for symlinks to point outside the exported dirs.