Hi all, Further investigation with strace shows that Samba tries to use rmdir() syscall to delete the link which naturally fails with "Not a directory" as it should according to man.
However, looking at usual "rm -r" behaviour shows that it uses unlink(). Samba does not (while there's some SMB_VFS_UNLINK) in rmdir_internals. Is there any bug or a feature which I don't realize? Regards, Alexander -----Original Message----- From: Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: samba@lists.samba.org Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:59:12 +0300 Subject: Symlinks deletion behaviour > > Hi List, hi Samba-team, > > Recently I've faced some problem with directories deletion trough Samba and > trying to clarify the root cause. The following happens: > 1. There is a directory my_dir and symlink to it my_dir_link > > drwxrwsr-x 48 myuser mygroup 20480 Mar 18 21:53 . > drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 0 Feb 28 17:37 .. > drwxr-sr-x 2 myuser mygroup 4096 Mar 18 21:47 my_dir > lrwxrwxrwx 1 myuser mygroup 57 Mar 18 21:53 my_dir_link -> /test/my_dir/ > > 2. When I try to delete my_dir_link via Windows Explorer (under myuser who is > a memeber of mygroup) I get "Cannot remove folder my_dir_link: The directory > name is invalid". At the same time all files from my_dir_link(=my_dir) being > deleted ok. My_dir can be deleted without any problem > > In the log I see the following: > [2007/03/18 23:50:42, 5] smbd/filename.c:unix_convert(108) > unix_convert called on file "test/my_dir_link" > [2007/03/18 23:50:42, 3] smbd/reply.c:rmdir_internals(3923) > rmdir_internals: couldn't remove directory test/my_dir_link : Not a > directory > [2007/03/18 23:50:42, 3] smbd/error.c:unix_error_packet(91) > unix_error_packet: error string = Not a directory > [2007/03/18 23:50:42, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(147) > error packet at smbd/trans2.c(2592) cmd=1 (SMBrmdir) > NT_STATUS_NOT_A_DIRECTORY > > Share is defined as follows: > [Test.Share] > path = /share > force user = myuser > force group = mygroup > read only = No > strict allocate = Yes > printable = no > follow symlinks = Yes > wide links = Yes > > > So, is it an expected behaviour, bug or something? Any clue is highly > appreciated. I'm using Samba 3.0.20b from SLES9, but testing showed the same > behaviour on 3.0.22 as well. > > Regards, > Alexander > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba