[Samba] smbmount symbolic links not followed

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Hello,
When I smbmount a Samba share on a station running Ubuntu 5.04 (Samba
3.0.14a) symbolic links located on the share are not followed (they
appear as symbolic links).

smbmount on Mandrake 7.2 and 9.2 stations work normally.
smbclient works normally, with symbolic links resolution.
The Samba client in Nautilus works normally.
Windows clients follow the symbolic links normally.

The Samba server is version 3.0.14a runnning under Mandrake 9.2.

I browsed the web to no avail.
I tried to copile and install variuous Samba versions on my Ubunt 5.04
station to no avail (Samba 3.0.14a, Samba 2.2.12).

Thank you for your help!
Sincerely,
Martin