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@@ -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