[Samba] client-side symlinks ?

[Ralph Boehme]

On 5/4/23 13:57, Michael Tokarev via samba wrote:
> 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?

currently not, but with the upcoming SMB3 UNIX Extensions this will be 
possible. It is currently being worked on by Volker. There's no ETA.

-slow

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