Oracle Linux: Creating Symbollic Link on CIFS share Fails: ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘XXX’: Operation not supported (Doc ID 2898401.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Attempting to create a symbolic link (symlink) on a cifs mounted share fails with the following error:

Cause

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