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Hi on the client im trying to tail the file however it fails lrwxrwxrwx 1 wwwrun root 35 Nov 2 00:07 symvlink1.log -> /var/log/mylogs/daemon.log-20111102 server15:/nfs/c1 # tail symvlink1.log tail: cannot ...
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  1. 11-02-2011 #1
    dan12341234
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    i cannot tail a symbolic link on nfs mounted directory

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    on the client im trying to tail the file however it fails


    lrwxrwxrwx 1 wwwrun root 35 Nov 2 00:07 symvlink1.log -> /var/log/mylogs/daemon.log-20111102

    server15:/nfs/c1 # tail symvlink1.log
    tail: cannot open `symvlink1.log' for reading: No such file or directory
    server15:/logs/cluster1/vm11 #

    is there a way to tail the link file from the client nfs

    Thanks
    Dan
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  2. 11-02-2011 #2
    atreyu
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    It looks like the logfile is symlinked to a file that is NOT served by NFS. Instead, it is looking for the symlink target on the NFS client, in the /var/log/mylogs directory.

    To be sure, you can show the output of these commands:

    Code:
    df -T
showmount --exports <NFS_SERVER_IPADDRESS>
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