US Patent 11836112 Path resolver for client access to distributed file systems

Systems and methods implementing a path resolver facilitating client access to a distributed file system. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device, a file identifier comprising a symbolic link; producing, by a user space process being executed by the processing device, a modified file identifier, by replacing a pre-defined sequence of characters within the file identifier by a path to a mount point of a distributed file system; and identifying, in view of the modified file identifier, a data structure comprising information about a file identified by the file identifier.