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6 <refentrytitle>vfs_widelinks</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
9 <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
10 <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
15 <refname>vfs_widelinks</refname>
16 <refpurpose>make a Samba share ignore filesystem symbolic links inside a share</refpurpose>
21 <command>vfs objects = widelinks</command>
26 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
28 <para>This VFS module is part of the
29 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
30 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
32 <para>The <command>vfs_widelinks</command> VFS module
33 hides the existence of symbolic links in the filesystem
34 inside a share. It is used in Samba version 4.13 and above
35 to implement the <filename>smb.conf</filename>"wide links = yes"
36 functionality that used to be inside the core smbd code.
37 The module should not be loaded explicitly by smb.conf
38 as part of the "vfs objects =" parameter, but is loaded
39 implicitly when "wide links = yes" is enabled. This is
40 to prevent existing smb.conf files from having to be
41 modified to keep the existing insecure "wide links"
42 functionality on a share.
44 <para>Please note that "wide links = yes" functionality
45 is a deliberately insecure option, and should never be
46 used in Samba installations. On Linux, bind mounts can
47 be used instead to implement anything "wide links = yes"
48 can enable. This module has been created to provide
49 backwards compatibility with existing users of
50 "wide links = yes" installations, but this use cannot be
51 recommended and is not endorsed by the Samba developers.
53 <para>Note that this implicit loading may become explicit
54 in a later Samba release, and administrators wishing to
55 keep the insecure "wide links" functionality may have
56 to add this module into their "vfs objects =" module
57 list. The Samba project release notes and this manpage
58 will be updated to reflect this when this change is made.
61 <para>This module is stackable.</para>
66 <title>EXAMPLES</title>
68 <para>No examples listed. This module is implicitly loaded
74 <title>VERSION</title>
76 <para>This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
83 <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
84 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
85 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
86 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>