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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml7
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/test/file_SUITE.erl9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index 7b8d2940c1..6437855f94 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -642,6 +642,11 @@
<item>
<p>Symbolic links are not supported on this platform.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>eperm</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>User does not have privileges to create symbolic links
+ (<c>SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege</c> on Windows).</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/test/file_SUITE.erl b/lib/kernel/test/file_SUITE.erl
index a6e4e639f4..e4eca4b756 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/test/file_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/test/file_SUITE.erl
@@ -2670,6 +2670,9 @@ symlinks(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
case ?FILE_MODULE:make_symlink(Name, Alias) of
{error, enotsup} ->
{skipped, "Links not supported on this platform"};
+ {error, eperm} ->
+ {win32,_} = os:type(),
+ {skipped, "Windows user not privileged to create symlinks"};
ok ->
?line {ok, Info1} = ?FILE_MODULE:read_file_info(Name),
?line {ok, Info1} = ?FILE_MODULE:read_file_info(Alias),
@@ -3596,7 +3599,11 @@ otp_10852(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
ok = rpc_call(Node, list_dir_all, [B]),
ok = rpc_call(Node, read_file, [B]),
ok = rpc_call(Node, make_link, [B,B]),
- ok = rpc_call(Node, make_symlink, [B,B]),
+ case rpc_call(Node, make_symlink, [B,B]) of
+ ok -> ok;
+ {error, E} when (E =:= enotsup) or (E =:= eperm) ->
+ {win32,_} = os:type()
+ end,
ok = rpc_call(Node, delete, [B]),
ok = rpc_call(Node, make_dir, [B]),
ok = rpc_call(Node, del_dir, [B]),