Navigate to target when opening symlinks in file shares

[bakoontz2]

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• [x] I have installed the latest version of Storage Explorer.
• [x] I have checked existing resources, including the troubleshooting guide and the release notes.
• [x] I have searched for similar issues.

Problem

Symlinks are just files in a file share with no special behavior.

Desired Solution

Navigate to the target of a symlink when opened or double-clicked.

Alternatives and Workarounds

No workaround.

Additional Context

No response

[bakoontz2]

Reference: #7973

I was asked to reopen this feature request with additional information. The original writeup can be found in the referenced feature request linked above. The additional requested info:

The file shares are created in the Azure portal as standard file shares, no share-level permissions, 14-day soft delete, 100TiB, maximum compatibility security (the defaults). These files share are mounted to their respective K8S containers via pre-defined PV/PVCs:

pv.yaml

spec:
  accessModes:
  - ReadWriteMany
  azureFile:
    secretName: some-secret
    secretNamespace: some-ns
    shareName: some-share-name
  capacity:
    storage: 100Ti
  claimRef:
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
    name: some-pvc
    namespace: some-ns
    resourceVersion: "12345678"
    uid: <guid>
  mountOptions:
  - dir_mode=0777
  - file_mode=0777
  - uid=1000
  - gid=1000
  - mfsymlinks
  - nobrl
  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
  volumeMode: Filesystem

pvc.yaml

spec:
  accessModes:
  - ReadWriteMany
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 100Ti
  storageClassName: ""
  volumeMode: Filesystem
  volumeName: some-pv
status:
  accessModes:
  - ReadWriteMany
  capacity:
    storage: 100Ti
  phase: Bound

job.yaml

...
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /mnt
      name: mnt
...
  volumes:
  - name: mnt
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: some-pvc

From there, we create the symlinks that are needed on the mounted filesystem using "ln -s".

I really have no idea if this is SMB or NFS. This is how the fileshares are mounted and used.

And I just noticed I need to open a new feature request, so I will do that with this comment.

[craxal]

Repurposing this issue to reference specifically the desire for symlinks to navigate to the target location.