[fuse-devel] cp -al returns "cannot create link ... Function not implemented" error

[Reuben C. <re...@gm...>]

I am trying to run rsnapshot http://www.rsnapshot.org/, which uses
rsync, to backup my hard drive to an off site server over ssh. I have
the folder mounted to /backup/bluehost with the following entry in my
fstab:

user@host:/home/user/backups /backup/bluehost fuse
users,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_root,default_permissions	0 0

I also tried the workaround=rename option which did not work either
the problem arises when the cp -al command is used as follows:
/bin/cp -al /backup/bluehost/foo /backup/bluehost/bar

which generates the error:
/bin/cp: cannot create link `/backup/bluehost/foo': Function not implemented

I also get the following error in my rsnapshot.log file:
/usr/bin/rsnapshot daily: ERROR: /bin/cp failed. Perhaps this is not GNU cp?

all folders are chmod 755 and I am running the following system:
Ubuntu v6.10 Edgy Eft
Linux 2.6.17-11-generic GNU/Linux x86_64
fuse v2.5.3-2.1ubuntu4

Is there anything I can do to get this working? P.S. I am a newbie so
please phrase responses step-by-step. Thanks!

Reuben