symbolic links, dosemu and /etc/skel
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Sep 30 15:06:59 UTC 2007
Frank Cox wrote:
> I have had this happen before, but just now figured out exactly what's going on.
>
> I still don't know why.
>
> I create a user and run dosemu, then go into ~/.dosemu/drive_c and make a
> symbolic link to another directory: ln -s /opt/data/test .
>
> Now I have a link in ~/.dosemu/drive_c that goes to /opt/data/test and if I
> load dosemu and type "cd test" it takes me to /opt/data/test just like it
> should.
>
> I use that user's home directory to create a /etc/skel directory for creating
> new users home directories from.
>
> When I create a new user with that /etc/skel in place, I have a link
> to /opt/data/test in ~/.dosemu/drive_c just like I should.
>
> But:
>
> dosemu doesn't see it.
>
> In the dosemu window, I type "dir" and cant' see TEST listed at all. "cd
> test" doesn't work.
>
> Removing ~/.dosemu from the new user's directory and running dosemu and adding
> the link works as expected.
>
> The short form of the story is that I can't have a symbolic link in
> ~/.dosemu/drive_c as part of an /etc/skel profile and have it actually work.
>
> Everything else in/etc/skel works as expected.
>
> What could be going on here?
>
>
Dumb question - is the link using an absolute or a relative path to
the directory it is pointing to? If it is a relative path, then is
it a valid path when in /etc/skel? Maybe the program/script that
sets up the new user's home directory does not copy bad symlinks...
Mikkel
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