So here is the point:
take a Thecus N2100 NAS.
There is a ftp share with a symlink in it.
Log into the machine via comandline ftp and do ls, do a cd into the
symlink, do a ls and you will see everything will work fine.
In contrast to that in nautilus tries to resolve the symlink locally.
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Maybe this is a regression in result of:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153679
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #153679
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153679
** Also affects: gnome-vfs
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gnome-vfs