FG

Ubuntu: Creating a symlink with network shared folder

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202667395 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I'm trying to create a symlink with a network shared folder (located in a Windows system) from my Ubuntu system using the command. It creates a link but it says the link is broken. But the path exists and I can browse to the network folder path. Could anybody point me the issue? Basically, I'm tryi…

Error Output

ln -s smb://sys-name/www www

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: Ubuntu: Creating a symlink with network shared folder

Low Risk

You can't make a link to something which isn't in your filesystem. That you can browse it is a feature of your file browser; that's why it doesn't work with eclipse or ln. What you want to do is mount the remote filesystem into your filesystem. For …

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment