According to http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux/browse_thread/th... a user is having trouble because the symlinks in ~/.wine/dosdevices don't work when on a Samba share.
It's unfortunate at this late date to realize that one of the key choices Wine made isn't compatible with the cifs/samba combination... but I guess nobody expected home directories to be served with that network filesystem.
If this turns out to be a real problem, what are our options? The first thing that comes to mind is to notice the problem and fall back to underscore instead of colon somehow...
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Dan Kegeldank@kegel.com wrote:
According to http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux/browse_thread/th... a user is having trouble because the symlinks in ~/.wine/dosdevices don't work when on a Samba share.
It's unfortunate at this late date to realize that one of the key choices Wine made isn't compatible with the cifs/samba combination... but I guess nobody expected home directories to be served with that network filesystem.
If this turns out to be a real problem, what are our options? The first thing that comes to mind is to notice the problem and fall back to underscore instead of colon somehow...
FWIW, he also posted it to http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_thread/thread/a00c04cccf1a...
2009/6/22 Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com:
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Dan Kegeldank@kegel.com wrote:
According to http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux/browse_thread/th... a user is having trouble because the symlinks in ~/.wine/dosdevices don't work when on a Samba share.
It's unfortunate at this late date to realize that one of the key choices Wine made isn't compatible with the cifs/samba combination... but I guess nobody expected home directories to be served with that network filesystem.
If this turns out to be a real problem, what are our options? The first thing that comes to mind is to notice the problem and fall back to underscore instead of colon somehow...
FWIW, he also posted it to http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_thread/thread/a00c04cccf1a...
In my opinion CIFS is unsuitable for such Unixy things as home directories. Is the problem just the : in the filename (in which case it's expected behaviour on Windowsy filesystems) or the fact that a symlink is being used?
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Ben Kleinshacklein@gmail.com wrote:
According to http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux/browse_thread/th... http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_thread/thread/a00c04cccf1a... a user is having trouble because the symlinks in ~/.wine/dosdevices don't work when on a Samba share.
In my opinion CIFS is unsuitable for such Unixy things as home directories.
That's certainly been the bias of Unix folks for a long time, but Jeremy Allison et al have been working hard for ages to make it suitable, so we should at least try to support it.
Is the problem just the : in the filename (in which case it's expected behaviour on Windowsy filesystems) or the fact that a symlink is being used?
CIFS has "unix extensions" which allow symlinks, so it's solely the colon in the filename, I think. - Dan
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