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Old 09-10-2013
Cannot create a link with the same name

Hi -

Our system admin cannot create a link to NAS with one particular name but he can create with other names.
What might be the cause?

Regards

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It says permission denied.
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Old 09-10-2013
Perhaps the filename already exists.
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Old 09-12-2013
I suspect you'd get a 'file exists' error for that? (dpeends of course on what "create a link" means here).

Test this by trying an ls -ld of the link name prior to attempting the command.

If it's not that it already exists, try checking that there's not an unescaped space int eh name or some other character that the commandline might interpret as being a filename break.
Also verify that the two names (one working, one not) are in the exact same place, if not, check permissions on the directory for the not working name.

If that fails, thy posting the attempted command, result and some relevant ls outputs here. Specific = good Smilie
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