On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:52:46PM -0500, Russell Polo wrote: > in reply to this message : > http://www.mail-archive.com/samba@lists.samba.org/msg54046.html > > I have the same problem. I have an old Redhat 7.3 box that I am trying > to replace with a FC3 box.. > > when the FC3 box mounts samba directories the symlinks show up as > symlinks ( and are invalid as they point to non-local paths) > > When the RedHat 7.3 box mounts the same directories, it is unaware that > the symlinks are not directories. For years I have accumulated symlinks > that files between different projects. So, it's not an easy option to > "stop using symlinks" > > I tried installing the old version of samba on the new machine, ( rpm > -U samba-client-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm samba-common-2.2.7-3.7.3.i386.rpm > --force --nodeps ) it complained but seemed to work. But even with the > OLD rpms the symlinks still show up as symlinks. I am at wits end. > > My friend found related link in bugzilla . > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008 > > > If that is the problem, is there a quick and dirty trick to make the > server think all clients are windows clients? ( clearly not an elegant > solution but would solve the current crisis )
Yeah, you could turn off the unix extensions ("unix extensions = no"). That would do it. Hmmmm. I need to think about this issue a bit.... Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba