[Samba] client-side symlinks ?

[Rowland Penny]

On 04/05/2023 12:57, Michael Tokarev via samba wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is it possible for windows to actually see and use symlinks on samba 
> server?
> Windows NTFS does have notion of junctions and symbolic links, so when one
> open file A (which is a symbolic link), windows actually opens file B.
> Can such mechanism be used when A is on samba share?
> 
> This is probably a protocol question more than samba question.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /mjt
> 

Samba by default can follow symlinks in a share, see the 'follow 
symlinks' parameter in 'man smb.conf', but is stopped from following 
symlinks outside a share by the 'allow insecure wide links' parameter 
which is set to 'no' by default.

Rowland