[Samba] No symlink support on SMB2 and SMB3?

[Ralph Böhme]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 01:08:31PM -0800, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:05:44PM +0100, Markus Doits wrote:
> > 
> > On 23.01.15 19:57, Miguel Medalha wrote:
> > > I am using Samba 4.1.16 with smb2/3 and symbolic links are working alright.
> > >
> > > Following the smb.conf man page, I use:
> > >
> > > unix extensions = no
> > > wide links = yes
> > >
> > >
> > Unfortunately this still does not work for me - can you really make a
> > symbolic link ("ln -s ...") when you are connected with smb2/3? Does
> > "smbstatus" really show smb2/3 connection?
> 
> No you can't - the protocol doesn't support it.

iirc it does, with an IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK ioctl. We just don't
implement it (yet). :)

-Ralph

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