RE: NFS trys following remote symlinks as if local!
Can you overcome your problem by using relative links, e.g.
#ls -l
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm -> ../../../../etc/kde2/kdm
instead of
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm -> /etc/kde2/kdm
This is one reason relative style links are used and not absolute ones
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Warner [SMTP:lists@consulting.net.nz]
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:31 PM
> To: Debian User
> Subject: NFS trys following remote symlinks as if local!
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've come across this crazy problem and I hope someone knows what's
> going on.
>
> I am using kernel-level NFS. Debian unstable. 2.4.14. I have exported
> /
>
> I can mount the remote filesystem on my client machine no problem. But
> if I try to change to a remote symlinked directory I get, for example:
>
> bash: cd: backup2: No such file or directory
>
> Because that directory doesn't exist on my _local_ machine.
>
> If I "cd backup" I am changed into the directory on my local machine
> (because it exists). Not only is this surreal but it's dangerous if I
> think I'm in the directory of a remote computer when I'm actually in a
> local one.
>
> I haven't turned up this problem through searching for a solution.
> The
> mount package version is 2.11m-1.
>
> To date I've always avoided NFS and used Samba so I'm inexperienced at
> this. Samba can't provide the remote file permissions I wish to also
> store for backup purposes.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>
>
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