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authorSamba Release Account <samba-bugs@samba.org>1997-07-18 20:26:23 +0000
committerSamba Release Account <samba-bugs@samba.org>1997-07-18 20:26:23 +0000
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Support.txt: Modified a consultant's entry (Italy)
smb.conf.5: Documented follow symlinks parameter. Jeremy (jallison@whistle.com) (This used to be commit ed6aaf2667c5cd731f8fce78163162817a18c240)
-rw-r--r--docs/manpages/smb.conf.515
-rw-r--r--docs/textdocs/Support.txt2
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
index e2b5688d71..8bab487086 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
+++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ exec
fake oplocks
+follow symlinks
+
force create mode
force directory mode
@@ -1176,6 +1178,19 @@ carefully!
This option is disabled by default.
+.SS follow symlinks (S)
+
+This parameter allows the Samba administrator to stop smbd from
+following symbolic links in a particular share. Setting this
+parameter to "No" prevents any file or directory that is a
+symbolic link from being followed (the user will get an error).
+This option is very useful to stop users from adding a symbolic
+link to /etc/pasword in their home directory for instance.
+However it will slow filename lookups down slightly.
+
+This option is enabled (ie. smbd will follow symbolic links)
+by default.
+
.SS force create mode (S)
This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that
will *always* be set on a file created by Samba. This is done
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/Support.txt b/docs/textdocs/Support.txt
index 2259d17dad..27c9693c79 100644
--- a/docs/textdocs/Support.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/Support.txt
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ MILANO - ITALY
INFERENTIA S.p.A.
Via Tacito 6
-56125 MILANO (PI)
+20137 MILANO (MI)
ITALY
tel: +39 2 599281
fax: +39 2 59928221