1 <samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
2 <term><anchor id="FOLLOWSYMLINKS"/>follow symlinks (S)</term>
3 <listitem><para>This parameter allows the Samba administrator
4 to stop <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> from following symbolic
6 links in a particular share. Setting this
7 parameter to <constant>no</constant> prevents any file or directory
8 that is a symbolic link from being followed (the user will get an
9 error). This option is very useful to stop users from adding a
10 symbolic link to <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/passwd</filename> in their home
11 directory for instance. However it will slow filename lookups
14 <para>This option is enabled (i.e. <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will
15 follow symbolic links) by default.</para>
17 <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">follow symlinks = yes</command></para></listitem>