(Solved) accessing symlink usb through windows(roms folder)
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i have a few folders mounted on a usb drive and linked with symlink.
ES sees the directory just fine and plays game from it great.i did edit my Samba so i can see the USB drive with i use \retropie
is there anyway that i can get into the folder when i click on the symlink folder in roms folder.
example
i have my pc folder on the USB and i have it linked to the pc folder in the roms folder.
is there a way, when i click in the pc folder in the roms folder it takes me to the pc folder on my USB.right now i get a error from windows saying i dont have permissions.
i have to go into the driveexternal
to get in to the folder.here is my Samba
[external] comment = external path = /media/usb0/ writeable = yes guest ok = yes create mask = 0644 directory mask = 0755 force user = pi
i cant remember if can be done or not
i did try this https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/
but i could not get it to work. heck i even bricked my system, but i was able to edit myfstab
back so my system booted again.thanks
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Samba disables symlinks that point outside the shared folder, as a security measure. See https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smb.conf.5.html#ALLOWINSECUREWIDELINKS. You can toggle back the option in
smb.conf
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@mitu ok cool thank you.
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