samba - Nov 2010 - Samba 3.5.6: can't follow symlinks on shares

Hello,

Samba version: 3.5.6, OS CentOS 5.5 64-bit.

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. Could someone enlighten me 
on how to handle this?

Thanks.
Sincerely,
Konstantin

On 11/07/2010 10:53 PM, Konstantin Boyandin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Samba version: 3.5.6, OS CentOS 5.5 64-bit.
> 
> 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. Could someone enlighten
me
> on how to handle this?
> 
> Thanks.
> Sincerely,
> Konstantin
Do not use symlinks, rather use bind mounts.

- John T.