[Samba] issue with allow insecure wide links

[Erik Hvatum]

avh <art <at> lsr.nei.nih.gov> writes:

> 
> I realize the security implications of wide links together with unix
> extensions.  But the doc says that for those who want to do this setting the
> "allow insecure wide links" will permit it.  However I found that Samba 3.6
> on RHEL 6.5 does recognize this parameter but it has no effect.  
> 

This old message happened to be the second search result returned by Google
for "allow insecure wide links samba no effect"; I hope this reply proves as
easy to find.

In addition to enabling "allow insecure wide links" in global settings, you
must also apply "wide links = yes" and "unix extensions = yes" to the shares
with exterior links that you want to be followable.  This part be may done
on a per share basis - or globally, in which case you might consider
specifically setting "wide links = no" or "unix extensions = no" for [homes].

-Erik Hvatum