Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:33:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: "gs_stoller@juno.com" <gs_stoller@juno.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ln -s in FreeBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <20060718183359.1ad15cb7.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20060718.132923.24612.361057@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> References: <20060718.132923.24612.361057@webmail39.nyc.untd.com>
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"gs_stoller@juno.com" <gs_stoller@juno.com> wrote: > In FreeBSD 6.1 , there was created a directory named /var . > I created a subdirectory in it named homes , and in that more > subdirectories, one per user in /home . > As a plain user , I tried to create (while in my home directory) > a subdirectory named var by typing > ln -s /var/homes/me var > Then I checked it by typing 'ls -l var' and got > /compat/linux/var > as the destination of the link. What is happening? Is this a bug in > FreeBSD 6.1 ? It looks as if you've got something weird going on with the linuxulator. * Can you check "pkg_info | grep linux" and see what you've got? * What shell are you using? Is it compiled natively for FreeBSD or did you install a Linux shell from rpm or something? * Please check "file `which ln`" to ensure it's a FreeBSD binary and not a Linux one. -- Bill Moran ZOE: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? BOOK: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
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