Reparse points through creation of persistent links in the object name space?

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Hello all,

Will it be possible to create a reparse point just by creating a persistent
link
in the object name space? I mean, if I would like to link the underlying
volume
of drive D: into directory C:\drive_D?
Could I read out the symbolic link for ??\D: … let’s say
\Device\HardDiskVolumeX
and then just create a symbolic link named “??\C:\drive_D” pointing to
“\Device\HardDiskVolumeX”?

Or anything similar? I mean is it possible at all to circmumvent the reparse
point
creation procedure (filling a the structure, creating a GUID etc) by just
creating
a object namespace link? Or am I wrong at all because an object name cannot
contain
a backslash? (if so, where can I find rules about naming objects).

Thanks in advance,

Oliver

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No, you can’t do this. In order to create symbolic link “??\C:\drive_D”
“??\C:” has to be a directory object. If “??\C:” is a symbolic link you
can’t create an object inside it. I don’t see any way to achieve the result
you want.

Alexei.

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
>
> Hello all,
>
> Will it be possible to create a reparse point just by creating a
persistent
> link
> in the object name space? I mean, if I would like to link the underlying
> volume
> of drive D: into directory C:\drive_D?
> Could I read out the symbolic link for ??\D: … let’s say
> \Device\HardDiskVolumeX
> and then just create a symbolic link named “??\C:\drive_D” pointing to
> “\Device\HardDiskVolumeX”?
>
> Or anything similar? I mean is it possible at all to circmumvent the
reparse
> point
> creation procedure (filling a the structure, creating a GUID etc) by just
> creating
> a object namespace link? Or am I wrong at all because an object name
cannot
> contain
> a backslash? (if so, where can I find rules about naming objects).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Oliver
>
> –
> ---------------------------------------------------
> May the source be with you, stranger :wink:
>
> Contacts / Kontakte
> eMail: xxxxx@gmx.net|info|de|com
> ICQ UIN #281645
> http://assarbad.org & http://assarbad.net
>
>
>
>