Issue activity log

2008-01-08 15:29 Created Keep symbolic link name in path instead of resolving it
Component Core
Severity Enhancement
Priority Low
Comment With SFTP, when directory is "entered", WinSCP asks server to normalize the path. Typical servers normalize the symbolic lings into real path. WinSCP may optionally ignore the normalization.

https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3111
2008-01-31 00:09 Comment https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5288
2011-03-23 08:32 Comment https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9538
2017-02-02 10:21 Comment https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24430
2018-10-12 14:10 –
2019-07-30 08:39
Votes 7×, 4× lianhua (Donor)
2021-06-29 17:16 Comment Internally implemented as part of Issue 1933, and as such it can be enabled using raw site settings SFTPRealPath=off since WinSCP 5.19.
Now it can also be configured in the GUI.
Status RESOLVED
Resolution FIXED
Implemented in 6.0
2021-06-29 17:17 Comment https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30671
2021-06-29 17:20 Summary Keep symbolic link name in path instead of resolving it with SFTP protocol
Summary KeepOptionally keep symbolic link name in path instead of resolving it with SFTP protocol
2021-11-26 15:55 Comment Commit 28e4d166
2021-11-26 16:48 Implemented in 6.0 → 5.20
2021-12-06 14:23 Comment Documented:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_sftp#protocol_options
2022-10-11 08:30 Comment Internally implemented as part of Bug 1933, and as such it can be enabled using raw site settings ''SFTPRealPath=off'' since WinSCP 5.19.·  Now it can also be configured in the GUI.
Comment With SFTP, when directory is "entered", WinSCP asks server to normalize the path. Typical servers normalize the symbolic lings into real path. WinSCP may optionally ignore the normalization.·  ----   https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3111