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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:59:14 -0500
To: Ryan Winter <ryan DOT winter AT nautronix DOT com DOT au>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: inetd and microsoft nfs
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At 07:41 PM 11/12/2001, Ryan Winter wrote:
>Just wanted to know if anyone else has used this combination of
>software.
>
>When I access nfs mounted drives (using microsoft nfs) with the inetd
>the symlinks magically disappear (they dont appear with ls and I can
>change into that directory either). When I view the directory locally
>with cygwin (or explorer), there is no problem with the symlinks.
>
>My question is: Exactly how does the inetd work that it could cause this
>effect. The only though I have is that the inetd is somehow changing the
>login state which is effecting the nfs mount.


I expect your problem is similar to the following FAQ entry.

Why don't symlinks work on samba-mounted filesystems?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC65

Obviously, the solution is not exactly the same.  My guess is your NFS 
software is the component at fault but you'd need to debug this
situation to be sure.  Why not use UNC/drive mappings for Windows machines
or Samba for other machines?  That's one solution that doesn't require
any debugging! ;-)



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