diff -urN linux-2.6.2-rc3-orig/fs/cifs/link.c linux-2.6.2-rc3/fs/cifs/link.c
--- linux-2.6.2-rc3-orig/fs/cifs/link.c	Fri Jan 16 22:37:17 2004
+++ linux-2.6.2-rc3/fs/cifs/link.c	Wed Feb  4 17:36:45 2004
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@
 	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
 	char *full_path = NULL;
 	struct inode *newinode = NULL;
+	char *link = NULL;
+
+	if (!IS_ROOT(direntry)) { /*XXX: do we need this ?*/
+		if (!(link = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL)))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		sprintf(link, "%s/%s", direntry->d_parent->d_name.name, symname);
+	} else
+		link = symname;
 
 	xid = GetXid();
 
@@ -149,11 +157,11 @@
 
 	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(direntry);
 	cFYI(1, ("Full path: %s ", full_path));
-	cFYI(1, ("symname is %s", symname));
+	cFYI(1, ("link is %s", link));
 
 	/* BB what if DFS and this volume is on different share? BB */
 	if (cifs_sb->tcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
-		rc = CIFSUnixCreateSymLink(xid, pTcon, full_path, symname,
+		rc = CIFSUnixCreateSymLink(xid, pTcon, full_path, link,
 					   cifs_sb->local_nls);
 	/* else
 	   rc = CIFSCreateReparseSymLink(xid, pTcon, fromName, toName,cifs_sb_target->local_nls); */
@@ -176,6 +184,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (link)
+		kfree(link);
 	if (full_path)
 		kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
diff -urN linux-2.6.2-rc3-orig/fs/smbfs/proc.c linux-2.6.2-rc3/fs/smbfs/proc.c
--- linux-2.6.2-rc3-orig/fs/smbfs/proc.c	Wed Feb  4 02:15:18 2004
+++ linux-2.6.2-rc3/fs/smbfs/proc.c	Wed Feb  4 13:10:11 2004
@@ -3250,7 +3250,15 @@
 	char *p, *param;
 	int result;
 	struct smb_request *req;
-
+	char *tmp;
+	
+	if (!IS_ROOT(d)) { /*XXX: do we need this ?*/
+		if (!(tmp = kmalloc(SMB_MAXPATHLEN, GFP_KERNEL)))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		sprintf(tmp,"%s/%s", d->d_parent->d_name.name, oldpath);
+	} else
+		tmp = oldpath;
+	
 	result = -ENOMEM;
 	if (! (req = smb_alloc_request(server, PAGE_SIZE)))
 		goto out;
@@ -3265,8 +3273,8 @@
 	p = param + 6 + result;
 
 	req->rq_trans2_command = TRANSACT2_SETPATHINFO;
-	req->rq_ldata = strlen(oldpath) + 1;
-	req->rq_data  = (char *) oldpath;
+	req->rq_ldata = strlen(tmp) + 1;
+	req->rq_data  = (char *) tmp;
 	req->rq_lparm = p - param;
 	req->rq_parm  = param;
 	req->rq_flags = 0;
@@ -3282,6 +3290,7 @@
 out_free:
 	smb_rput(req);
 out:
+	kfree(tmp);
 	return result;
 }