Links on mounted shares

[DJM]

Hi all,

I have a question about links on mounted shares. I use the following to mount a share from one NAS to another NAS (both runing Linux based on Ubuntu):

mount -t cifs //rmthost/rmtshare -o username=id,password=pw mntdir/lcldir

It mounts fine and I can access the files with no problems except when I access a directory or file that is a link. When I do that it links me back to the local drive and not the mounted share. How do I get the remote links to stay remote? Is it even possible?

Thanks
Don

[Rubberman]

The answer is, it depends... My Linux-hosted NAS units don't support remote links, but my Samba server on my Linux workstation does when I link to it from XP. IE, following the links on the Linux shared folders with Windows Explorer works, even if the link is to a NAS. I just can't put a remote link on the NAS.

[DJM]

Hi Rubberman,

Thaks for the reply. I'm trying to access from NAS to NAS (both QNAP), not from a Windows PC. Everything works fine except when I access a link on the mounted remote share. It redirects me back to the local volume. Is there an option I'm missing in the mount command?

Thanks
Don