can't access a link in folder

Thu Mar 28 09:40:36 UTC 2013

On 28 March 2013 06:00, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> I am trying to access, from Win2000, a link in a folder in 10.04. The
> link points to a USB disk connected to the 10.04 box. Link/folder
> permissions let anyone access & change. I get 'access denied' - not
> accessible. The link appears in the Win2000 dir, but looks like a
> plain folder & has no properties. All other stuff can be fully
> accessed in that folder. Can Win2000 not use links in ext3? If I can
> fix access, will it still have trouble with a 'remote' USB?

What do you mean a "link"?

Do you mean a network share? If yes, and the server is running Linux
and SAMBA, then it should work - the client end cannot see the
filesystem of the target over the network, so ext2/3/4/whatever is not
a problem.

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