Mount doesn't follow symbolik links on SAMBA, but Nautilus does
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Hi,
I have a problem with a Samba share at work. The share has some symbolic
links to directories that are not shared.
If I mount the share via 'mount -t smbfs', these links don't work. If I
access this same share via Nautilus with 'smb://...', I can follow all
links without a problem.
Here's an example of what happens:
Server SAMBA has a share called SHARE for the /DIR directory
(smb://SAMBA/SHARE points to /DIR).
Inside /DIR, there's /DIR/LINK -> /home/user/somedir
If I mount SHARE via mount/fstab and ls -l it, I still get:
/DIR/LINK -> /home/user/somedir
This link's destination doesn't exist in my system, and thus the link is
invalid. Even if it existed, it wouldn't be what I was lookig for.
If I mount smb://SAMBA/SHARE in Nautilus and follow LINK, it redirects
me to /home/user/somedir on the server automagically.
What's the magic that Nautilus does? Can I do it via mount / fstab ?
Cheers,
Cassiano Leal
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