Erik: OpenAFS does not implement SMB2 and implementing it would be non-trivial.
Jeffrey Altman Erik Dalén wrote: > I've noticed that SMB2, which is implemented in Vista, has support for > symlinks. Would it be too much work to implement support for that on > Vista clients? I mean it might be better to spend the time on the IFS > work instead if it's too much work, but if it's not such a big change > it sure would be neat. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block#SMB2 > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 20:43, Jeffrey Altman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The Explorer Shell does not know that it is a link. The explorer shell >> therefore does what it does to the target of the link. That will not change >> any time soon. >> >> David Bear wrote: >>> I am wondering when OpenAFS gets rid of the smb part, and becomes an >>> installable file system on windows if it will be possible to retain the >>> semantics of deleting a symlink -- i.e. delete the link rather than deleting >>> the contents the link points too. >>> >>> I have a couple users who think they can clean things up and ... make a >>> mess by deleting too many things. >>> >>> -- >>> David Bear >>> College of Public Programs at ASU >>> 602-464-0424 > > > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
