>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:solaris-users- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fredrik Björk >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:51 PM >To: Solaris-Users mailing list >Subject: SV: [Solaris-Users] how to increase the maxsymlinks parameter >onsolaris > >Hi! > >I'd say you have misconfigured the symlink, otherwise you wouldn't get such >an error. Make sure you don't have symbolic links pointing to each other >since this will cause a symlink loop. Also, make sure you've created >SYMBOLIC links, not HARD links since you're creating links on another file >system.
Hi Fredrick, Your right I finally managed to get it correct and its working, thanks!! Cheers Peter > >Symlinks are supposed to have 777 rights since they inherit the rights of >the file/directory they're pointing at. You should probably have done the >following: > >mv /usr/home/popusers/p/petern/mbox /other/disk/petern/mbox >ln -s /other/disk/petern/mbox /usr/home/popusers/p/petern/mbox > >If you need more help, please do the following: > >ls -la /usr/home/popusers/p/petern >and >ls -la for the directory where your files are at > >This way we'll be able to see how the links are created. > >/Fredrik > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:solaris-users- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Peter Nyamukusa >Skickat: den 25 mars 2008 08:45 >Till: [email protected] >Ämne: [Solaris-Users] how to increase the maxsymlinks parameter on solaris > >Hi Folks, > >I inherited an old sparc box acting as a mail server with qmail currently >the server is have disk space issues as the no of customers has increased >over the years. I am currently in the process of sourcing for a new servers >and I currently need a quick fix to solve the disk space issue. > >SunOS host 5.7 Generic_106541-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 > >I have moved my mail box to another HDD with plenty free space and created >a symlink to the original location and changed the permissions on the link >to match the original. The problem I am now faced with is that it looks >like I am exceeding the default MAXSYMLINKS see below: > >cd /usr/home/popusers/p/petern >bash: cd: /usr/home/popusers/p/petern: Number of symbolic links encountered >during path name traversal exceeds MAXSYMLINKS > >logs from qmail >Unable_to_switch_to_/usr/home/popusers/p/petern:_symbolic_link_loop. > >Any pointers are appreciated > >Cheers, > >Peter Nyamukusa >MCSE-2000/2003, Linux+, CCIP, JNCIS, A+ > >_______________________________________________ >Solaris-Users mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-user > >_______________________________________________ >Solaris-Users mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
