<samba:parameter name="follow symlinks" context="S" xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> <listitem> <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> <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">follow symlinks = yes</command></para> </listitem> </samba:parameter>