<samba:parameter name="follow symlinks" context="S" type="boolean" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> This parameter allows the Samba administrator to stop <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> from following symbolic links in a particular share. Setting this parameter to <constant>no</constant> 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 <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/passwd</filename> in their home directory for instance. However it will slow filename lookups down slightly. </para> <para> This option is enabled (i.e. <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will follow symbolic links) by default. </para> </description> <value type="default">yes</value> </samba:parameter>