[Samba] Symlinks out of sharing still not working on 3.0.5

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:28:04PM -0300, Vandeir Eduardo wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> samba client version 3.0.5, server version 3.0.5, kernel 2.4.26.
> 
> Relevant configs on server:
> unix extensions = Yes
> wide links = Yes
> follow symlinks = Yes
> 
> On client computer with home user mounted via smbfs
> I'm trying this:
> 
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > cd /tmp
> D102-054 [/tmp] > mkdir dest_dir
> D102-054 [/tmp] > cd -
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > ln -s /tmp/dest_dir orig_dir
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > ls -la
> total 524292
> drwx------    1 dito     bcc             0 Jul 29 21:11 .
> drwx-----x    1 dito     alunos       4096 Jul 29 21:08 ..
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 dito     bcc            12 Jul 29 21:11 orig_dir -> tmp/dest_dir
> 
> Why samba is linking to "tmp/dest_dir" when should link
> to "/tmp/dest_dir"? (note initial slash missing)
> 
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > mkdir tmp2
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > mkdir dest_dir2
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp] > cd tmp2
> D102-054 [/lp/home/dito/tmp/tmp2] > ln -s ../dest_dir2 orig_dir2
> ln: creating symbolic link `orig_dir2' to `../dest_dir2': input/output error
> 
> Other symlinks that don't start whith ".." ou "/" works
> properly. What's going on here? This is driving me crazy!

smbfs doesn't support symlinks correctly I believe. I would
strongly suggest using the CIFSFS client - this does work
and is in fact the target platform for Linux client -> Samba Server
CIFS.

Jeremy.