For most Unix users, symbolic links are obvious and natural — a means to make connections that span file systems and avoid the need to keep duplicates of files in multiple file system locations.

So I created a symbolic link in my home directory for my ftp server to take users to a mp3 directory that is on my home share. When I click the link it's almost like the ftp client wants to execute ...

I wasn't sure how to describe this problem, I've never come across it before. Twice now I've had a problem where, all of a sudden a lib file is missing. After that the system becomes unusable. For ...