Following symlinks in a Samba share

Submitted by Jochus on Thu, 04/08/2011 - 09:52 | Posted in: Linux
Linux

If you have a Samba share, and the Samba share has some symlinks to other folders, then you will not be able to access those "symlink folders" with a basic Samba setup.

If you do want to access the folder, you need to add this to the #### Networking #### section of your /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

wide links = yes
unix extensions = no

Restart your Samba daemon:

$ sudo service smbd restart

... and you're done! :-)

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