can't access a link in folder

[Amichai Rotman]

A simpler way to do what you want is to stick with SAMBA, then:

On the Linux side -  share the folders you want (the actual folders - not
the symlinks).
On the Windows box - Mount the shares as network drives and create the
relevant shortcuts (=symlinks) to the folders.

This technique will last longer, compatibility-wise...

Amichai.



On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> rikona wrote:
> > Saturday, March 30, 2013, 12:27:15 AM, Nils wrote:
> > > May I propose a totally different approach? I use NFS to share files
> > > between my machines via the LAN. I know that symlinks work with
> > > Windows accessing NFS shares.
> >
> > Verrrry interesting idea! From casual remarks I thought NFS was a
> > replacement for ext4 etc, but I see it's an add-on like samba. And if
> > links work, it might do what I want.
>
> What I didn't mention in the previous mail: If you want to use symlinks
> across file systems on your Linux machine, they have to be mounted in
> the same exported directory tree. If you would export separate directory
> trees Windows would access them as separate devices (e.g. G: and H:) and
> links wouldn't work because the links on the Linux side don't know about
> the separate Windows device names.
>
> > > For NFS support in Windows you would need "Windows Services for
> > > UNIX" which you can download for free from Microsoft.
> >
> > I see that. A very quick look seems to indicate that M$ is going to
> > drop support in new systems[8+], so perhaps not a good long term
> > solution. [All the more reason to stick with XP. :-)) ] But it may
> > work for now..
>
> Interesting - I didn't know that detail. The question is if MS just
> don't support it or if it doesn't run. Shouldn't Windows XP applications
> run on Win8? But I wouldn't voluntarily downgrade from XP to Win8
> anyway. :)
>
>
> Nils
>
>
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