Bhanu Chunduri wrote: > I am getting error when trying to access a symbolic linked file in Linux > Below is the output of uname -a
In the future if you would word wrap your messages at some reasonable column such as 72 it would improve the readability and be most appreciated. > Linux hostname 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 14 05:52:30 EST 2003 i686 unknown > Too many levels of symbolic links > When accessing system with kernel "2.4.9-34smp" I didn't faced the issue. Guide me > how can I get rid of this. This is not likely to be caused the by the kernel change. What you have when you are hitting too many symbolic links is usually an infinite loop. One symlink pointing to another. Trace each symlink until you find the looping area. ln -s foo bar ln -s bar foo ls -lL ls: bar: Too many levels of symbolic links ls: foo: Too many levels of symbolic links ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 bob bob 3 Nov 14 11:09 bar -> foo lrwxrwxrwx 1 bob bob 3 Nov 14 11:09 foo -> bar It is possible that you are just exceeding the kernel's built in count. It normally allows for a limited number (IIRC 20) of hops. It is possible that you won't have an infinite loop but instead just a long list of links that exceeds the kernel's limit. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
