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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: semantics of symlinks on nfs
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-06-26 22:31:27
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aleXXX wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know exactly how to handle symlinks in exported nfs-filesystems.
> Usually nfs exports are mounted, so they have an absolute position in the
> filesystem.
> Maybe I should try to stat absolute nfs-symlinks locally, but if the
> symlink is a relative one (not starting with /) search it in the nfs filesystem
> and create an error if the ..'s leave the nfs filesystem ?
> 
> Hmm, strange.

Well, if the .. leaves the filesystem the result is undefined. But I
wouldn't
issue an error - unless you're the one that creates it. If people rely
on the
nfs mountpoint to be the very same on every machine, they will have
their reasons,
so this should be worth a warning at most :)

Greetings, Stephan

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