Re: Symlinks and absolute vs relative paths

2003-06-07 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 10:38 06 Jun 2003, Jeffrey Pleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I am a relative newbie to Linux/Unix adn am having an issue with symlinks. | I have a system where there are files and directories in user's home | directories that are symlinked to a mounted filesystem (read only). the | problem is

Symlinks and absolute vs relative paths

2003-06-06 Thread Jeffrey Pleau
Hi all,   I am a relative newbie to Linux/Unix adn am having an issue with symlinks.  I have a system where there are files and directories in user's home directories that are symlinked to a mounted filesystem (read only).  the problem is this:   If user 'Tom' navigates to /home/tom/symlin