Orphaned Symlink

Michael Heironimus
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:34:03 -0000

ls shows the symlink as being broken because it is broken. UNIX has no
knowledge of MS-DFS or Samba's handling of it. The symbolic link is just
to tell Samba what names should show up in the DFS mount (the symlink
name) and where they should point (the symlink target). The DFS share
can work correctly even though the symbolic link has no real function on
the UNIX side.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 04:19:11PM -0500, Marion Haines
wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a symbolic link between two Samba shares.  When I
> issue the "ln" command (see below) it appears to run, but if I
"ls"
> the directory, I get white, flashing text on a red background.  This
> is supposed to mean the symlink is orphaned.

<snip>

>           ln -s msdfs:smb2\\Public others

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