invalid symlink prevents directory from being listed

[ugemkow]

We are using Linux host and Windows XP guest with newest guest additions installed. We are using shared folder and have seen the following problem:

When in a subdirectory of a shared folder root a symlink is created which points to a file in the same directory which does not exist, an error happens when this directory is explored in the guest.

The following sequence shows this bug:

• Create a subdirectory in a shared folder
  mkdir test
  cd test

• create a file in this subdirectory and a symlink to this file
  touch test.txt
  ln -s test.txt test.txt.lnk

• Explore this folder in the guest, all works and is displayed as expected

• now rename the file the link points to
  mv test.txt test.txt.save

• Now explore this folder again, this gives the error "Directory not accessible" in the guest

[Frank Mehnert]

We still were not able to reproduce this problem. You might want to try VBox 1.5.6 to check if something changed.

[Frank Mehnert]

No response, closing.