On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:45:54 -0600 Steve Finley <Steve.Finley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To Whom: > > I am exploiting a feature of the CIFS server that works for the client under > Windows 8 (not sure about others), but does not work for the linux client > under RedHat/CentOS5/6. > > I am mounting multiple Thecus NAS devices via CIFS, making > symbolic links to files on those NAS devices, where I reorganize the > directory structure, and then turn around and serve the top level > of that directory via CIFS. > > On a Windows machine I only have to mount that top level directory, and > the symbolic links automatically resolve themselves without having to also > mount the NAS device(s). THIS IS VERY POWERFUL. On a linux > machine however, the symbolic links can only be resolved if I have the > NAS devices mounted, and the mount points have to be named as shown > in the link. It seems that the protocol necessary for this to work under > Windows has not been added to the linux version of the client. > > When I surf the web for others exploiting this feature, I find nothing. > > Thanks > > Steve Finley > Research Associate > CIRA - Colorado State University > So you're reexporting a CIFS mount from a linux box with samba? Yuck. Most likely you're running afoul of the fact that when POSIX extensions are enabled, that symlinks are passed on as-is to the client. If you mount from the clients using "nounix" it'll probably do something closer to what you expect. In truth though, I think you'd be better served by researching and configuring a DFS share. -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
