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Old 01-Oct-2005, 05:33 AM
Alex Smersi
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Default Re: Using symbolic links on a NCP Server?

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>== Question
>I'm believe that there is an obvious limitation of NCP Server, that is unable to 'map' symbolic links;

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Reply myself <g>, after reading Novell OES NCP server for Linux
Administration Guide (Chapter 3 - NCP Server for Linux Installation
and Setup > page 21).

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Additional Information
While hard link are supported via NCP Server for Linux, soft links are
intentionally not supported because they create security problems.
[...]

I'm sure that soft link can create security problems but, in my
scenario, the availabilty is a must. If any undocumented switch is
available, to support soft link, it's welcome. Or availability in next
SP? At the moment, my unique chance is to use Samba Server, that
support soft link.

Alex/

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