[cifs-protocol] [EXTERNAL] Re: "Flags" field in [MS-SMB2] 2.2.2.2.1 Symbolic Link Error Response? - TrackingID#2211090040006372

[Sreekanth Nadendla]

Yes Volker. We will have them updated in our documents.

Regards,
Sreekanth Nadendla
Microsoft Windows Open Specifications

-----Original Message-----
From: Volker Lendecke <Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de> 
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 2:12 AM
To: Sreekanth Nadendla <srenaden at microsoft.com>
Cc: cifs-protocol at lists.samba.org; Microsoft Support <supportmail at microsoft.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [cifs-protocol] "Flags" field in [MS-SMB2] 2.2.2.2.1 Symbolic Link Error Response? - TrackingID#2211090040006372

Am Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 07:30:07PM +0000 schrieb Sreekanth Nadendla:
> Hello Volker, It seems the following flags were added recently. There 
> is no processing step from filesharing for these now. Hope this helps.
> 
> #define SYMLINK_ADMIN           0x20000000   // The symlink creator is an admin
> #define SYMLINK_UNTRUSTED       0x10000000   // The symlink creator is untrusted
> #define SYMLINK_TRUST_UNKNOWN   0x00000000   // The symlink creator is unknown/legacy
> 
> #define SYMLINK_TRUST_MASK      0x30000000   // Encodes the redirection trust level (maps to REDIRECTION_TRUST_LEVEL)
> #define SYMLINK_TRUST_SHIFT     28           // Bits to shift to convert to/from REDIRECTION_TRUST_LEVEL

Oh, that helps of course!

Will those flags get added to the documentation?

Thanks,

Volker