Re: [Samba] Samba and Symbolic links (Related to PAM_MOUNT )

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On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 20:03, Ryan McConigley wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I am using the pam_mount module to automount a home directory via=20
> smb. Works great for some logins. I can ssh in, it mounts the file syst=
em=20
> automatically, I get access to the files, read and write and everything i=
s=20
> good.
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> However, when I try to log in at the console via KDE, I get various erro=
rs=20
> asking me to check if various services are running and eventually the log=
in=20
> fails.
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> It took me a while to discover that the reason it was failing was that t=
he=20
> system was trying create a symbolic link on the smb mounted file system a=
nd=20
> failing.
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> On the server, I'm enabled the unix extensions, (unix extensions =3D yes=
),=20
> but it appears the client doesn't recognise this. (Client and server are=
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> both running Redhat Linux 7.3)

Samba (and CIFS) is not a really good choice for unix->unix
file-sharing. As you have noted, not all the semantics are preserved
well. =20

Things might be better with the 'CIFS VFS', a replacement for smbfs in
the 2.5 kernel (and available on samba.org for 2.4).

> I'm using the most recent default versions of smbmount from the RPM=20
> (Version 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix), however I suspect that I may have to=
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> compile things up, but I can't find anything definate.
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> Do I need a different version of smbmount; a special compile of smbmount=
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> or something completely different?

If you can use something different - things like 'SFS' www.fs.net or
even NFS, you might have less trouble - but I've not ventured beyond NFS
myself.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net
http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net

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