On Thursday 09 Mar 2006 15:36, Harry Putnam wrote: > Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > All files copy with no errors but symlinks always fail with the message: > > symlink "/mnt/network/usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0" -> > > "libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0.1.0" failed: Operation not supported > > > > I am wondering if this is a permissions problem. > > My network usb server will not let me have a user called root so I have > > set user paul with the 'can do anything' previlege. > > The mount and rsync commands are using user root > > What file systems are involved? > You get a similar message writing to NSFS or fat since unix like > permisions are not supported there. Hello Harry, Thanks for your response.
I am mounting the network usb drive using cifs The network storage unit is a LINKSYS Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives. I don't know what file system is used but the discs had to be formatted by the linksys setup program. I have just looked at some files on the backup disc and the owner and permissions seem to be intact. This is the error when copying the Mail directory mkstemp "/mnt/network/home/paul/Mail/Gimp/cur/.1133608028.9158.nxwHc:2,S.CDg1dQ" failed: Not a directory I'm sure I'm doing something stupid Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
