I thought that as well at first but if I change the default share to '/tmp' I am able to map the drive but I am NOT able to view any of the symlinks in that directory with windows.
John Drescher wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Jason Gerfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am having a hard time getting a Windows XP virtual machine to follow a >> symlink share to a localhost samba share with 'follow symlinks = yes' >> >> I have been googling this for a couple of hours now and have found some >> references but not definite fix. >> >> Error from samba: >> '/tmp/Desktop' does not exist or permission denied when connecting to >> [desktop] Error was Permission denied >> >> System: >> Linux Gentoo-x86 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 #3 SMP Thu Jan 3 11:46:35 MST 2008 >> i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux >> Samba 3.0.28 >> > At work I use amd64 gentoo and samaba-3.0.28a and simlinks work just > fine. It must be a permissions problem. Does the windows XP user have > permissions on the /tmp folder on the gentoo box? > > John > > John -- Jason Gerfen "I practice my religion while stepping on your toes..." ~The Ditty Bops -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
