RHEL 5.8.z kernels returns a 'Not a directory' error on referring symbolic link on nfsv4 mounts
Issue
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With RHEL5.8 NFSv4 clients, a
Not a directory
error is returned on referring symbolic links. This problem occurs inkernel-2.6.18-308.4.1(RHEL5.8 + errata)
and its not seen inkernel-2.6.18-308(RHEL5.8 GA)
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Steps to reproduce
mount -t nfs4 server1:/ /data1
ln -s /data1/foo/test/ nfs_test
ln -s /data1/foo/test nfs_test2
head nfs_test/tmp.txt
head: cannot open `nfs_test/tmp.txt' for reading: Not a directory
head nfs_test2/tmp.txt
test messages
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 5.8.z
- kernel-2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
- kernel-2.6.18-308.8.1.el5
- kernel-2.6.18-308.8.2.el5
- Not seen on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 (kernel-2.6.18-308.el5)
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