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

[Konstantin Boyandin]

Hi Andy,

08.11.2010 17:27, Andy Liebman writes:
>>>> 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. ...
>>>
>>> Do not use symlinks, rather use bind mounts.
>>
>> The idea is to make the navigation through symlinks uniform, both in
>> ssh shell and via Samba share, without breaking anything that works on
>>> the shared directories and relies on symlinks existence.. ...

> I sounds like maybe you need to your [General] section the following line:
>
>     unix extensions = no
>
> That will make Samba resolve the symlinks on the server side.

In my case the section was named [global].
Thank you very much, that did the trick!

Sincerely,
Konstantin Boyandin