[Samba] Samba 3.5.6: can't follow symlinks on shares

John H Terpstra jht at samba.org
Sun Nov 7 22:11:47 MST 2010


On 11/07/2010 10:53 PM, Konstantin Boyandin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Samba version: 3.5.6, OS CentOS 5.5 64-bit.
> 
> The problem: I have a share with symlinks leading outside the share.
> After mounting the shared resource (cifs), I can't proceed through
> symlinks (permission denied).
> 
> Setting options
> 
> follow symlinks = yes
> wide links = yes
> 
> for the share doesn't change Samba behaviour. Could someone enlighten me
> on how to handle this?
> 
> Thanks.
> Sincerely,
> Konstantin

Do not use symlinks, rather use bind mounts.

- John T.


More information about the samba mailing list