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6 vfs_widelinks - make a Samba share ignore filesystem symbolic links
7 inside a share
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10 vfs objects = widelinks
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13 This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
14 The vfs_widelinks VFS module hides the existence of symbolic links in
16 the filesystem inside a share. It is used in Samba version 4.13 and
17 above to implement the smb.conf"wide links = yes" functionality that
18 used to be inside the core smbd code. The module should not be loaded
19 explicitly by smb.conf as part of the "vfs objects =" parameter, but is
20 loaded implicitly when "wide links = yes" is enabled. This is to
21 prevent existing smb.conf files from having to be modified to keep the
22 existing insecure "wide links" functionality on a share.
23 Please note that "wide links = yes" functionality is a deliberately
25 insecure option, and should never be used in Samba installations. On
26 Linux, bind mounts can be used instead to implement anything "wide
27 links = yes" can enable. This module has been created to provide
28 backwards compatibility with existing users of "wide links = yes"
29 installations, but this use cannot be recommended and is not endorsed
30 by the Samba developers.
31 Note that this implicit loading may become explicit in a later Samba
33 release, and administrators wishing to keep the insecure "wide links"
34 functionality may have to add this module into their "vfs objects ="
35 module list. The Samba project release notes and this manpage will be
36 updated to reflect this when this change is made.
37 This module is stackable.
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41 No examples listed. This module is implicitly loaded by smbd as needed.
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44 This man page is part of version 4.19.3 of the Samba suite.
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47 The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
48 Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
49 Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
50Samba 4.19.3 11/27/2023 VFS_WIDELINKS(8)