Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19991007184320.18456.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:43:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Newbie question: symlinks and samba To: Steve McWilliams , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Steve McWilliams wrote: > Hello all, > > I have noticed that cygwin (b20) doesn't create symlinks correctly in our > windows nfs (maestro) filesystems, though it does so correctly in the ntfs > filesystems. > > I'm assuming this is probably some inherent limitation in windows nfs, so > I am considering switching to samba instead. Does anyone know whether > symlinks (e.g. using 'ln -s') can be created successfully using a > cygwin+samba > solution? The answer you seek can be found in the archives. In short _yes_ it can be done, the SystemFile attribute needs to be set for the symbolic links to work in cygwin. If setup properly samba can do what you want. Note: This is the extent of my knowledge on this. ===== Earnie Boyd Newbies, please visit (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com