Can you overcome your problem by using relative links, e.g. #ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm -> ../../../../etc/kde2/kdm
instead of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kdm -> /etc/kde2/kdm This is one reason relative style links are used and not absolute ones > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Warner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:31 PM > To: Debian User > Subject: NFS trys following remote symlinks as if local! > > Hi all, > > I've come across this crazy problem and I hope someone knows what's > going on. > > I am using kernel-level NFS. Debian unstable. 2.4.14. I have exported > / > > I can mount the remote filesystem on my client machine no problem. But > if I try to change to a remote symlinked directory I get, for example: > > bash: cd: backup2: No such file or directory > > Because that directory doesn't exist on my _local_ machine. > > If I "cd backup" I am changed into the directory on my local machine > (because it exists). Not only is this surreal but it's dangerous if I > think I'm in the directory of a remote computer when I'm actually in a > local one. > > I haven't turned up this problem through searching for a solution. > The > mount package version is 2.11m-1. > > To date I've always avoided NFS and used Samba so I'm inexperienced at > this. Samba can't provide the remote file permissions I wish to also > store for backup purposes. > > Thanks, > Adam > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
