symlink network drive

[slinxy]

Hi

it is possible to create a symlink to redirect a folder to another folder on a network drive?

if so how? I'm trying to change the mac update repository to a shared network folder on a different server and the server management won't allow me to directly reference the network folder.

Thanks

 

[Skyboat]

Surely it's just a case of doing:

ln -s /Volumes/NetworkDrive/RemoteFolder /path/to/local/folder

Isn't it?

 

[slinxy]

that's what I thought it would be too... honestly.. lol

but it was giving me all sorts of jib within the finder asking me to fix the link and the server ui part for updates wouldn't take it.

also the way its mounting the drive isn't helping as I'm mounting directly to the folder of where I want the repo to be, it may even be the NAS itself.

Thanks for confirming it was a long day yesterday; and I have a better play with it later.

Its shame I can't reference it via URL, so that the mounting occurs at the point where the folder is being access.

EDIT: For some odd reason it certainly don't like a symlink being used. permissions are fine to the folder on the nas, as I can manually create/edit/deleting files within it. but within the server manager, when you change the location to that symlink it just sits there and says it can't connect to apple server. I need to take a closer look when I have more time