kvs: Fix corner case in which symlink points to root dir #1404
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Fix corner case in which a symlink in the kvs points to the root dir, i.e.
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.I discovered this corner case while working on #1341. I realized users will probably often do:
i.e. a symlink simply points to the root of another namespace. But root dirs were not handled at all within symlinks.