[Samba] Cannot access a share outside a share after upgrade
Dale Schroeder
dale at BriannasSaladDressing.com
Wed Nov 30 11:42:15 MST 2011
Jobst,
As part of a security fix, you now need to disable unix extensions if
you wish to use wide links.
unix extensions = No
Dale
On 11/29/2011 7:16 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have a share that I can only access as root that has a few symlinks in it to make it easy for me to access files/dirs.
> I used to be able to access before upgrade to
>
> [root] #>smbd -V
> Version 3.5.4-0.83.el5_7.2
>
> Now it simply displays an error "Access denied"
>
>
> I have in the smb.conf file the following:
>
> [SHARE_NAME_MASKED]
> path = /THIS_IS_MY_PATH
> valid users = @domadmins
> admin users = root
> read only = No
> create mask = 0660
> force create mode = 0770
> directory mask = 0770
> force directory mode = 06770
> browseable = No
> follow symlinks = yes
> wide links = yes
>
> and in /etc/group
>
> domadmins:x:GROUPID_MASKED:root
>
> I have not changed any other setting after upgrade of samba, nor have I changed file/directory permissions.
>
>
> Any ideas anyone?
> Jobst
>
>
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