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Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/unixextensions.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml index fb707c1950a..1c30bb768a3 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml @@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ server are always allowed; this parameter controls access only to areas that are outside the directory tree being exported.</para> - <para>Note that setting this parameter can have a negative - effect on your server performance due to the extra system calls - that Samba has to do in order to perform the link checks.</para> + <para>Note: Turning this parameter on when UNIX extensions are enabled + will allow UNIX clients to create symbolic links on the share that + can point to files or directories outside restricted path exported + by the share definition. This can cause access to areas outside of + the share. Due to this problem, this parameter will be automatically + disabled (with a message in the log file) if the + <smbconfoption name="unix extensions"/> option is on. + </para> </description> -<value type="default">yes</value> +<value type="default">no</value> </samba:parameter> diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/unixextensions.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/unixextensions.xml index da9ad10a295..36e72d2a9f5 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/unixextensions.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/unixextensions.xml @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ by supporting features such as symbolic links, hard links, etc... These extensions require a similarly enabled client, and are of no current use to Windows clients.</para> + <para> + Note if this parameter is turned on, the <smbconfoption name="wide links"/> + parameter will automatically be disabled. </description> <value type="default">yes</value> |