dilberts_left_nut wrote:Please provide evidence, not descriptions of evidence.
Here are two "ls" results. Both reference the same directory on the remote volume.
From any other system (all running debian):
ls -l /srv/pc202/etc/alternatives
total 104
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 13 2014 aclocal -> /usr/bin/aclocal-1.11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Jul 13 2014 aclocal.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/aclocal-1.11.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 31 2014 animate -> /usr/bin/animate.im6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jul 31 2014 animate.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/animate.im6.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 May 24 2014 aptitude -> /usr/bin/aptitude-curses
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 May 24 2014 aptitude.8.gz -> /usr/share/man/man8/aptitude-curses.8.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jul 13 2014 automake -> /usr/bin/automake-1.11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jul 13 2014 automake.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/automake-1.11.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 13 2014 awk -> /usr/bin/gawk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Aug 13 2014 awk.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Oct 29 2016 builtins.7.gz -> /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 May 24 2014 c++ -> /usr/bin/g++
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 24 2014 c89 -> /usr/bin/c89-gcc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 May 24 2014 c89.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/c89-gcc.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 24 2014 c99 -> /usr/bin/c99-gcc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 May 24 2014 c99.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/c99-gcc.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 May 24 2014 cc -> /usr/bin/gcc
From the new system (debian 10.5 amd64 on Dell PC):
ls -l /srv/pc202/etc/alternatives
total 70656
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2706684 Apr 19 2017 aptitude
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14414 Apr 19 2017 aptitude.8.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 446640 Jan 26 2017 awk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28846 Jan 26 2017 awk.1.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 508 May 16 2017 builtins.7.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 631296 Feb 15 2018 c++
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 428 Jun 13 2013 c89
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1365 Jun 13 2013 c89.1.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 454 Jun 13 2013 c99
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1420 Apr 9 2017 c99.1.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 627200 Feb 15 2018 cc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 627200 Feb 15 2018 cpp
I've truncated both lists for brevity. The new system appears to have resolved the symlinks to local files. Non-symlink files on this remote volume are correct. All files on this remote volume are marked as executable which is definitely not correct.
Thanks,
Steven