Hi Evan, For Samba you need to disable unix extensions and enable wide links so that clients follow the symlinks to the real document entry in the document_storage folder. This is the FAQ entry for this: http://mayan.readthedocs.org/en/development/faq/index.html#document-sharing
NFS handles symlinks differently, they are resolved at the client, not on the server, relative to the client's filesystem. Try mounting the document_storage folder too on the clients along side the mirrored index in a local hierarchy so that the relative path of the document symlinks resolves to an entry on the client document_storage mount point. Ref: http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/nfs/ch06_04.htm http://uw714doc.sco.com/en/SDK_sysprog/_Using_Symbolic_Links_with_NFS.html --Roberto On Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:28:47 AM UTC-4, Evan Davey wrote: > > Hi, > > I have successfully turned on index mirroring and have then shared the > mirror with NFS and Samba. However, as the mirror is just symlinks to the > underlying files, I can't access them on my clients. I have tried also > sharing the document store and then using a local symlink on > /usr/share/mayan/mayan/document_storage to this mounted share. This > partially works but since the underlying files do not have an extension, my > clients (OSX) won't open them as PDFs. Also, this is not a particularly > elegant solution as each client will need this symbolic link. > > What is the correct procedure for mirroring an index and the underlying > document store? (this detail appears to be missing from the documentation) > > Regards > Evan > > > --
