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From: tonyb61 on 26 Feb 2010 10:45 I have a shared folder on a win2008 server, which has several folders and files which are read for domain users, and also a symbolic link to another folder on the same drive which has again read permission for domain users. However when I access the share and navigate down to the symbolic link and click on that folder I get various error messages. On a server 2003 and an xp machine I get "\\server2008\folder\link is not accessible......cannot find message number 0x in the message file for \\server2008\folder\link". I guess this is because xp/2003 does not understand symbolic links ? (which is a real drop off to using them). From a vista machine ( Note: I have allowed L2L/R2R/R2L/L2R) I get a different error. When I browse to the linked folder I get a message saying the folder accessed is not available. If I logon to the machine hosting the share with the same user credentials I can browse to the linked folder fine. Tony
From: Ace Fekay [MVP-DS, MCT] on 28 Feb 2010 17:02
"tonyb61" <tonyb61(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23K2LMrvtKHA.4796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I have a shared folder on a win2008 server, which has several folders and >files which are read for domain users, and also a symbolic link to another >folder on the same drive which has again read permission for domain users. > However when I access the share and navigate down to the symbolic link and > click on that folder I get various error messages. > > On a server 2003 and an xp machine I get "\\server2008\folder\link is not > accessible......cannot find message number 0x in the message file for > \\server2008\folder\link". I guess this is because xp/2003 does not > understand symbolic links ? (which is a real drop off to using them). > > From a vista machine ( Note: I have allowed L2L/R2R/R2L/L2R) I get a > different error. When I browse to the linked folder I get a message saying > the folder accessed is not available. > > If I logon to the machine hosting the share with the same user credentials > I can browse to the linked folder fine. > > Tony > > > > > Not being able to access an NTFS Symbolic Link using Vista could be due to Vista's UAC. Here's more info on NTFS Junction Points and NTFS Symbolic links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link Quoted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point : "Windows Vista supports a new symbolic link capability that replaces junction points in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. They are designed to aid in migration and application compatibility with UNIX operating systems." [...] "However, the functionality enabling cross-host symbolic links requires that the remote system also support them, which effectively limits their support to Windows Vista and later Windows operating systems." Another possibility is the length of the Symbolic Link: You cannot access a symbolic link by running Client for NFS if the path length of the symbolic link is too long http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967111 More info: NTFS symbolic link or symlink in windows vista and windows server 2008 http://techblissonline.com/ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlink-in-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/ How to create or delete NTFS symbolic link or symlinks in windows vista? http://techblissonline.com/vista-create-or-delete-ntfs-symbolic-link-or-symlinks/ If you ask me, I think using DFS would be a lot easier. -- Ace This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution. Ace Fekay, MVP, MCT, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007, MCSE & MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003 Microsoft Certified Trainer Microsoft MVP - Directory Services If you feel this is an urgent issue and require immediate assistance, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers. |