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Disk Writes to Mounted EBS Volume Not Logged in Monitor
I have an EBS volume specifically dedicated to storing remote backups via rsync. This volume is attached and mounted to an EC2 instance. The user mediating backups has access to this volume via a ...
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Creating symbolic link between mapped network drive and file:// url
I have a link on a shared website that points to a location on a Samba server as such:
file://my.samba.server/directory/foo.txt
On my local machine, I have the Samba server mapped to my m: drive. ...
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Mount --bind versus symlinks
Linux server
/www/website directory is my html directory
Want users to ftp to /user/website/public_html directory which is chrooted and limited to ftp only access
I currently accomplish this via
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Weird permissions error with error_log
I am having a very strange issue with error_log. For some strange reason, error_log cannot write to any file under a symbolic link. Here is the structure:
/var/www # apache root, rwx for group ...
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Relative symlink within a symlinked directory
I have an installed application in /home/appuser/app/ In that directory there is a separate directory confs for the config files, which is symlinked to ../app-confs, like so:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 appuser ...
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Apache doesn't follow a symbolic link, but it follows another one having the same permissions
I'm having a strange problem with Apache on Mac OS X Lion. I have decided to share my movies with friends. Movies are stored on two hard disks, mounted as "Movies HD 1" and "Movies HD 2".
I have ...
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User can't remove symlink which owns
I'm trying to remove symlink, although I have appropriate permission, the operation is denied (the user is called capistrno):
capistrno $ rm -f /var/www/app/current
rm: cannot remove ...
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Linux Symbolic Linking not working as expected
I have achieved my "goal" several times before but am running into an issue I have not yet experienced before. I have a webserver setup with Nginx on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have my system setup the way I ...
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Backup Server using Greyhole and BackupPC
I'm setting up an Ubuntu box to backup one of our servers using BackupPC. I've got 2x 2tb hard drives and I've set up Greyhole to duplicate the data from the samba share /mnt/samba/backups across both ...
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htaccess rewriterules for multiple pages with parameters
In main page index.php I have two href (like menu) for objective.php and news.php
For both objectives and news I sent variables like:
<a href="objectives.php?menu=corporate-objectives">
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Why can't I open my symbolic link folder in the common file dialog?
I was able to successfully use mklink to create a symbolic link to a folder on a shared folder. I can cd to the folder and I can browse the folder in Explorer with no problems.
However when I ...
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Force rsync to copy symlink, even if referent does not exist
I am getting this message with rsync:
symlink has no referent: "/a/path"
Well, rsync is right: in the source filesystem, the (symbolic) link is pointing to a non-existent location. That is ...
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What does “link to unknown” mean?
I just upgraded my server to Fedora 17 which made a switch of my bootloader from GRUB Legacy to GRUB2. There are two symbolic links in the /etc folder that points to the files grub.conf and grub.cfg ...
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Show symbolic links AND their targets in web directory listing (apache)
Listing a directory content with ls -l shows this output:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 11 16:38 2.3
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 11 16:38 2.4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 11 16:38 ...
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Best practice to link with WebDAV, as FollowSymLinks doesn’t allow to show symlinks
Symbolic links are a widespread practice on linux to make a ressource (e.g. directory) available in another location without having to maintain several copies of it. This is implemented in many ...
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Dereference symbolic link in OS X?
In OS X, how can I dereference a symbolic link to a canonical file name? (i.e. one starting with /.)
That is, I'm after the equivalent of GNU readlink's -f option:
kapow:~$ greadlink -f ...
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Does soft link affects xml parsing and database process
I have a php code that does an xml parsing and inserts data into the mysql database.
The code can process one xml file in an average of 18 minutes.
Since I will be having lots of xml files and ...
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While using an ntfs smb share for mac users, do symbolic links and extended attributes work?
We have a majority of mac users but we'd rather support their file sharing using a Windows server with an ntfs drive, or at least a Linux server with ext3. We've had trouble, much trouble, utilizing ...
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symbolic link and filezilla over sftp
I'm pretty new to debian, and I'm trying to set up a server.
I created a user which can only access to his folder /home/username (and its subdirectory).
Now I want to use that user for the webserver ...
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tar on windows and symbolic links
It seems to me that tar on windows does not understand directory symbolic links - it treats them as an ordinary folders which in my case leads to infinite recursion. 7-zip has the same problem. Are ...
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Is there a way to disable symbolic links for nginx auto-indexed directory?
I would like to configure nginx to list and serve bulk files from a select directory (autoindex on option). However I worry that if a symbolic link will be accidentally placed in such a directory, ...
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Make partition B content appears like a folder on partition A
Is it possible using commands in Windows Server 2008 to make some folders on a partition B accessible as if they were on partition A?
Example:
D:\programb(some files)
D:\programa(some files)
should ...
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Massive symbolic link creation using for loop in bash
I just wondering myself if it would be possible to create massive amount of symbolic links using a for loop?
For exemple, I have a lot of directory on my /tmp directory (I know, not recommanded) and ...
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Apache 2 Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible
While the title of this question matches an already asked question, in my case I already set Options +FollowSymLinks.
The setup is the following: my hosting setup includes htdocs/ directory that is ...
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Symbolic Links and Multiple Mount Points
I am sure this may seem like a simple question, but I cannot seem to ask Google the correct question for the life of me. In short, I am having trouble understanding how symbolic links function when a ...
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cPanel FTP account sym link permissions
I would like to give a potential developer temporary access to some of my projects. I have almost everything in its own subdomain, and each directory is a sibling to my public_html directory. It looks ...
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Serving only certain files from a directory to users on IIS7
I'm have a need to show the most up to date version of a certain file in a directory to users who access a folder on my site (lets call this folder logs). I can't just move the file into the folder as ...
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script not run after reboot from /etc/rc3.d
I create symbolic link to the file - /etc/rc3.d/platform.bash from /var/tmp/platform.bash
ln -s /var/tmp/platform.bash /etc/rc3.d/platform.bash
script exist under /var/tmp :
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Virtual hosts & symbolic links, why can't I set DocumentRoot to a symbolic link?
I have recently setup Capistrano on my server and it works great.
I changed my virtual hosts to point to the symbolic link created by Capistrano.
My virtual hosts file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
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Tar dereference only 1 level
I use the following pseudo-script to create a TAR of my installed software
mkdir tmp
ln -s /path/to/app1/bin tmp/app1
ln -s /and/path/going/to/the-app-2 tmp/app2
tar -c --dereference ...
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Symbolically link all JPGs in a directory tree to a single directory [closed]
I have a series of directories, and images contained within:
/Volumes/library/Originals/2012/2012-05-13 Event/filename.jpg
/Volumes/library/Originals/2011/2011-03-11 Event/filename.jpg
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Linux disk usage analyser that acts like symlinks are real files
I am using git-annex, an extension to the DVCS git, which is designed for handling large files. It makes heavy use of symlinks. The actual large files are moved to the .git/annex directory and the ...
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Re-creating 'lost' symbolic links
Due to copying some files from Linux to Windows XP and then to Linux again, the metadata or whatever that turns some files into a symbolic link has been lost.
So for example I have a file called ...
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How do I find broken symlinks automatically on Windows?
Not sure if this is bad style, but I'm asking this question here because I couldn't find the answer elsewhere, and then I worked out one solution on my own. I'd be interested to see other people's ...
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Permissions within Windows symlink to a Samba share
I have a Samba shared folder on an Ubuntu box which I can access from my Windows 7 PC and within which, as a non-administrator Windows user, can create and update files and folders.
However, when I ...
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NFSv4 “Too many levels of symbolic links” error
Both machines are running Ubuntu 12.04
Remote NFSv4 Client
$ ls /mnt/storage/aaaaaaa_aaa/bbbb/cccc_ccccc gives this error:
ls: reading directory .: Too many levels of symbolic links
How can I fix ...
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How to delete directories without symlinks in one folder
I have this folder structure:
build.1
build.2
build.3
build.4
current -> symlink to build.4
previous -> symlink to build.3
I am running debian, what is the proper way to delete every build ...
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missing symbolic link
I have two directories with multiple directories and files
Lets say that directory A has some symbolic links to other directories and files and directory B is missing them. What can I do to copy those ...
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How do I create a symbolic link to a UNC Path in Windows XP
I have a workstation with Windows XP and I need to make a symbolic link or mount a UNC Path like a local Drive. I need the same behavior that produces M-Daemon tools when you mount an .iso File but ...
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Find linux soft link
We have an ExpressionEngine installation. The CSS templates are stored in a directory called /na_cms/expressionengine/templates/default_site/c.group
When EE parses these out, the path becomes /css/c
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Giving Select Windows Domain Users Symbolic Link Privilege
I would like to setup select users on our domain to have the ability to create symbolic links on local NTFS drives and network shares without needing to run as Administrator, as part of an application ...
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Under what circumstances would a junction point be more appropriate than a symbolic link?
Symbolic links were introduced an incredibly long time ago in Windows, yet I still encounter a large number of systems that use junction points. I know that symbolic links afford functionality not in ...
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How do I rearange a file tree and then export it over NFS?
I've got a backup server that stores incremental backups in a tree like this:
/backups
hourly.0
server 1
server 2
hourly.1
server 1
server 2
hourly.2
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How to override/update a symlink?
I am trying to use symbolic links. I did some reading and found the following commands:
Creation -> ln -s {/path/to/file-name} {link-name}
Update -> ln -sfn {/path/to/file-name} {link-name}
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Alias if directory doesn't exist
I have a bunch of clients that have different site designs but all run on the same backend CMS. They all share a common admin theme which is located in /home/public/skins/admin - which each client has ...
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ln -sf no longer works
I have a folder with the following contents. I am wanting to change the symbolic link in a single atomic transaction without deleting it.
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Apr 10 13:47 2012-03-19
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Can't delete symbolic link
I accidentally reversed the parameters of my ln and called:
ln -s my_link my_dir
where my_dir already existed and my_link did not. I deleted my_dir, but am unable to delete my_link.
If I ls -l ...
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Symbolic linking of client (Mac) directory to server (Linux) directory
How can I link a directory on a Mac to a remote directory on a Linux server? The Linux server has Samba and SSH available, and I can add other services if necessary
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Sharing a symlinked (`mklink /d`) directory via SMB?
I have a Windows 7 amd64 box where one directory is shared:
local path is d:\drop\
remote path is \\aloism\drop
from SMB point of view, Everyone has Read and Write permission
ACLs for the folder are ...
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Is there a way to make Apache follow symlinks for the header content-type?
If I serve a file named image.jpg the header content-type is sent as image/jpeg, but if I make a softlink named image that points to image.jpg the content-type is sent as text/plain.
Is there a way ...
