From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from conssluserg-01.nifty.com (conssluserg-01.nifty.com [210.131.2.80]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4820B3858C60 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2021 03:31:41 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 4820B3858C60 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=nifty.ne.jp Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nifty.ne.jp Received: from Express5800-S70 (z221123.dynamic.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [110.4.221.123]) (authenticated) by conssluserg-01.nifty.com with ESMTP id 1B63VPvS016246 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2021 12:31:25 +0900 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 conssluserg-01.nifty.com 1B63VPvS016246 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nifty.ne.jp; s=dec2015msa; t=1638761485; bh=xuqiryZ3YEE0i7CMsFHeonQ4jhi9QwKrotQCCzigFVU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=dXD68x8Fpn7UupNRA60qdC5YMofBSy5LuuUIR+gda94pXWHGP44/ZFFqGVR8fzOBX gJ0ZrSvSu0H2jwK0xuw07IUq6yxUjJZcS5lM2x1U0VltHyEZ78dv1HhbJ1o7yq8FGz aT0YsWhRoxCKx59y/cqZVI3v+HgBWi/VkCB/H7trPXsBgVElyN3V9txkedYj+j+u3i dK9uuxGN20KkvM02t17oSnfaDgxJKQlbyevRdPf9QgvlLCo0mabdvmM+xlTZOQF48P KrlHtLzk51qSe7J16yrZUMoOqgy7ZKpzh1njW9CjjTyXq4cborndbWl0YMi6VyjZ4z m0y5rjlNc+C8A== X-Nifty-SrcIP: [110.4.221.123] Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 12:31:35 +0900 From: Takashi Yano To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: vboxsharedfs - Too many levels of symbolic links Message-Id: <20211206123135.19fce6f5d2e186ab51bd53b8@nifty.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <36be1c59-efd1-5cfb-93c1-baf629a897dc@oskog97.com> References: <20211205115411.1619911cb3e2d23f671912ce@nifty.ne.jp> <36be1c59-efd1-5cfb-93c1-baf629a897dc@oskog97.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 03:31:44 -0000 On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 16:49:13 +0200 Oskar Skog wrote: > But if I create a symlink on that filesystem, it's not identified as a > symlink. Although, I don't know if this has ever worked as it is the > first time I've ever tested it, it probably hasn't ever worked (see > below). > > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ ln -s report.pdf test.pdf > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ ls -l report.pdf test.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 1454562 Nov 28 12:05 report.pdf > -rw-r--r-- 1 user None 34 Dec 5 16:36 test.pdf > user@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ cat test.pdf > !▒▒report.pdfuser@DESKTOP-******* /cygdrive/z$ > > I think it's because "special" attributes don't work on VirtualBox > shared folders, I can't hide files in Explorer either. > > So I don't think the patch has caused any regression here. I cannot reproduce that behaviour. yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ echo AAAAAAAAAAAA > a yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ ln -s a b yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ ls -l b lrwxrwxrwx 1 yano None 1 Dec 6 12:17 b -> a yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ cat b AAAAAAAAAAAA yano@DESKTOP-LSNFFD0 /cygdrive/z $ mount C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) D: on /cygdrive/d type iso9660 (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Z: on /cygdrive/z type vboxsharedfolderfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Are you running VirtualBox in non-windows host by any chance? cygwin symbolic link seems to work only in NTFS file system. If shared folder is in linux file system, cygwin symbolic link does not work. -- Takashi Yano