samba - Mar 2008 - server-side AND client-side symlinks?

How can I have both server-side and client-side
symlinks? 

Server-side symlinks are needed for example when what
appears to the user to be a single mounted directory
is actually tens of little pieces tied together by
symlinks. Having those symlinks coalesces many mounts
that would all have to be perfect in parallel into a
single mount that's either fully successful or not. 

Client-side symlinks are needed for example when an
application rearranges names and directories into a
more understandable outline. 

Each symlink has a "context" - server-side links
usually make no sense if interpreted on the client,
and client-side links usually make no sense if
interpreted on the server. 

It appears the "unix/linux extensions" are all or
none. With them on, all symlinks are visible to and
interpreted by the _client_. With them off, all
symlinks are invisibly interpreted by the _server_
(and the client isn't even allowed to create any). 

How can I note which symlinks are server-side and
which are client-side, and have Samba interpret the
server-side ones internally yet at the same time make
the client-side ones visible to the user?

thanks!


-Chuck Kollars


     
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Chuck Kollars wrote:
> How can I have both server-side and client-side
> symlinks? 
> <snip>
> thanks!
>
>
> -Chuck Kollars
>   
You can't.


*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Chuck Kollars wrote:
> Server-side symlinks are needed for example when what
> appears to the user to be a single mounted directory
> is actually tens of little pieces tied together by
> symlinks. Having those symlinks coalesces many mounts
> that would all have to be perfect in parallel into a
> single mount that's either fully successful or not.
Perhaps consider bind mounts instead?

jh

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