NTFS symbolic link exception about securefs HOT 5 CLOSED

Maybe this is related to issue #42 ? Can you test again on the latest commit?

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No, 324a92f does not fix the problem. This problem happens when I use Linux (Fedora 26/Ubuntu) and put the encrypted files on a NTFS drive.

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I opened the link with a hex editor and the symbolic link on the NTFS drive starts with IntxLNK followed by the target.

For example:
IntxLNK.V.B.F.S.N.2.D.U.Z.7.V.8.9.4.6.X.K.Q.N.8.R.K.B.Q.8.C.4.H.T.B.W.8.A.2.

Edit: Please take a look at my fork 08993fc. I get the following output with some verbose logging:

# link to 0798257523.txt
path: /0798257523_link.txt
enc_path: Q4MB44WZWA982AVXGUXCYXW2ZD239FYVDNXQBCZQ6Z3FEX3MCTRWATDC
link (buffer): 56C2R9U3DFU6IAVGFQG26FRKJG73ZNT34SDFVTND86HKUKAX
buf->size: 104
link_size: 48
diff: 56

# link to a.txt
path: /58758558091521282495.txt
enc_path: FJ4MD3KWXHKQGBXD5H8GJ3PYFBWDTTRZE7RJQID3SCXITKFUVQSQBHKMN4S6PEW7
link (buffer): VBFSN2DUZ7V8946XKQN8RKBQ8C4HTBW8A2
buf->size: 76
link_size: 34
diff: 42

# link to a.txt
path: /a_link.txt
enc_path: G62WXVIQZ84657ZDEKSJU6QM39JIBDNW634J9GDFMA
link (buffer): VBFSN2DUZ7V8946XKQN8RKBQ8C4HTBW8A2
buf->size: 76
link_size: 34
diff: 42

So the link size is defined by: (buffer_size - 8) / 2

Edit2: I updated my PR.

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Why is the issue specific to NTFS?

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It seem that my NTFS filesystem (created by windows) using Interix symlinks and UNIX inode's.

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