Symlinks not properly managed under SCP

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out on this matter.

I’ve done some research on symlinks and found that they may not be handled as reliably with the SCP protocol. Could you please try using an SFTP connection instead? It appears that symlinks are better supported with this protocol.

Additionally, could you let me know whether you are able to use symlinks with third-party SCP clients, such as WinSCP or another tool of your choice?

I look forward to your response.

Best regards,

Thanks for helping me on this matter. I would like to underline if it's possible changing subject due to a typo
manager --> managed

If i try SFTP, i cannot browse at all inside linux filesystem. If i use Filezilla and add a SFTP profile i can browse till the root of the filesystem and see properly symlinks. So SFTP is worst than SCP.
What i mean is that if i login with SFTP embedded i can see some folders and the classic ".." to go up in directory does not exist


I also tried to put ".." in the browse bar...it seems there are some problems with embedded SFTP as per my experience

If i use WINSCP tool installed on my pc, i can see properly symlinks.

What's getting puzzled is that it seems that RDM relies on my installed version of Winscp, according to this


I can add SCP profiles under Winscp installation, but since we have this good features "open with parameters" , i think that it's a pity not using it in the way it meant to be

Hello,

Thank you for the follow-up.

I was able to reproduce the issue you are experiencing with the symlinks. I will report this bug to the development team, and they will begin working on a fix soon.

I will follow up with you as soon as a fix is deployed in a future update.

Best regards,

Hello,

Thank you for your patience.

Our development team is currently investigating the issue with symlinks in SCP sessions. In the meantime, they were wondering whether the SFTP method might work as an alternative workaround.

Could you please confirm whether setting the server type to UNIX resolves the issue? You can find this setting under:
SFTP Entry Properties > General > Advanced > Server Type

Please let us know if this helps resolve the symlink issue with the SFTP entry, as it could serve as a useful workaround while the issue is being addressed.

I look forward to your reply.

Best regards,

With SFTP i still cannot manage symlinks, as you can see below

Furthermore, i can say that SFTP is "bugged" because i cannot browse inside filesystem as you can see in the picture attached. There's not ".." entry
I can see /var folder because i set this folder here, in order to reproduce the issue


but if i leave it empty i see this


i cannot browser at all, even if i manually put the path under search bar. We're using this version 2025.2.13.1 64-bit (JIT) , if you think there's already a fix for this i can ask to my company to update RDM in the repository

Hello,

Thank you for the follow-up.

Since this is a rather old version (approximately one year old), I would recommend testing the behavior using our latest version, as I’m fairly confident you will see better results. We have released several updates since your version that include fixes and improvements to the SFTP entry, process, and session handling overall.

Without needing to fully upgrade your environment, you may first want to test this using the portable version of RDM. Please refer to the following documentation article for setup instructions. You can then create a quick local data source and configure a test SFTP entry.
https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/kb/how-to-articles/portable-rdm-installation/

Please let me know if this helps resolve the behavior you are experiencing.
Best regards,

Ok with latest build i solved SFTP issues and also symlinks management!

I just have a very minor issue now, after logged with SFTP i cannot use bookmarks (i didn't have this feature with the old build). Selecting the favourite paths seems not working, the only one bookmark that is working is the following "/" , after used "/" i can use all the inserted bookmarks

I attached a video to let you see what i'm talking about (20260508-0724-51.0611738.mp4)

If i use a dedicated SFTP, instead using "embedded SFTP" i can set the home directory to "/" so i can get rid of this, but at the moment we'd like to avoid creating 120 SFTP entries, since the embedded feature is very good for that

I have further questions about "embedded SFTP" : can we set the home directory when using this feature ? I tried to set SFTP home directory under SSH tab, but it seems they are not the settings used for embedded SFTP. I tried with home directory, then with starting location, then we both the fields