Created attachment 52372 [details] Error message displayed (german) Version: SVN OS: Linux If you want to create a symlink on a partition/filesystem that does not support it (e.g. a FAT32 usb stick) you end up with an error “Cannot create link. Check your permissions”. It is correct that it cannot create one but it‘s because the file system does not support that. If it is certainly known that the filesystem does not support symbolic links (NTFS does but in a different way while FAT does not) then say so. (Also this dialog box lacks an error icon and stuff) Reproducible: Always
Git commit c27196acc33243db1da847a43a63f3442b261688 by Ahmad Samir. Committed on 12/08/2021 at 09:59. Pushed by ahmadsamir into branch 'master'. kio_file: detect failure to create symlinks due to filesystem support The symlink() system call sets errno to EPERM (operation not permitted) when the filesystem doesn't support symlinks; check the filesystem type so that we can show a better error message. FIXED-IN: 5.86 M +26 -7 src/ioslaves/file/file_unix.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/commit/c27196acc33243db1da847a43a63f3442b261688