put this line in the share.
follow symlinks = yes and test if its not working also put wide links = yes in the share. and in your global config host msdfs = no unix extensions = no ## these options are share options not for uses in global config. # wide links = yes # follow symlinks = yes worked for me. Louis >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] Namens Parag Doke >Verzonden: 2011-04-19 13:15 >Aan: [email protected] >Onderwerp: [Samba] Problem with softlinks under samba on RHEL > >Hello all Samba enthusiasts. >I am a noob w.r.t. samba configuration and just happened to use it on >Solaris systems by creating conf files using copy-paste :-). This is >just to convey that I'm no advanced user and might need help with the >solutions / alternatives to come. > >Some background => Here is my smb.conf: >=== >[global] > workgroup = <company domain> > server string = Samba Server on <hostname> configured by Parag Doke > security = share > load printers = no > log file = /usr/samba/var/log.%m > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY > encrypt passwords = no >[Shared] > comment = Read only shared folder on <hostname> > path = /usr1/Shared > public = yes > write list = <my login> > writeable = yes > force create mode = 0755 > force directory mode = 0755 >=== >I have replaced texts that could potentially reveal irrelevant data >with <comment>. But this is a very simple configuration that works. >The samba version I have on this host is "Version 3.5.8" (I used "smbd >-V"). The host runs RHEL5 (Linux <hostname> 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed >Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux). > >The idea => So that people within my office can have (read-only) >access to Unix/Linux filesystems around right from their Windows >(mostly XP) desktops, I was trying to create a folder structure >similar to the one below: >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<unix-machine-001>\usr1 >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<unix-machine-001>\usr2 >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<linux-machine-001>\disk1 >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<linux-machine-002>\disk1 > >Thus on the filesystem of <hostname>, I have: >/usr1/Shared/unix-machine-links >/usr1/Shared/unix-machine-links/unix-machine-001 >At this location I create softlinks: >ln -s /net/unix-machine-001/usr1 . >ln -s /net/unix-machine-001/usr2 . >/usr1/Shared/unix-machine-links/linux-machine-001 >ln -s /net/linux-machine-001/disk1 . >/usr1/Shared/unix-machine-links/linux-machine-002 >ln -s /net/linux-machine-002/disk1 . > >The problem => When I browse to >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<unix-machine-001> from an XP >client, I can see the "usr1" folder there. But, when I attempt to open >it, Windows complains: >=== >\\<hostname>\Shared\unix-machine-links\<unix-machine-001> is not >accessible. You might not have permission to use this network >resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you >have access permissions. > >Access is denied. >=== > >For a long time I was playing around with the permissions, but that >did not help. Then I found another system running Solaris 10 (where I >had run similar samba configurations earlier) and the same thing does >seem to work. The only difference in the smb.conf (which is not >relevant to the problem) is the change in <hostname>. If this helps >towards the problem, the Solaris system details are: SunOS <solaris >hostname> 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500. >This system runs samba: Version 3.0.35 (again this is output >of smbd -V). > >That above experiment clarified that it wasn't a permissions issue. >Possibly something specific to RHEL ? Can someone kindly share any >thoughts (or diagnostic commands for me to try out) ? > >Many thanks in advance, >Parag Doke >Save paper, save trees. Do not print emails/documents unless >absolutely necessary. >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
