Package: samba Version: 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 Followup-For: Bug #866823 So "follow symlinks" feature seems to have been broken in the latest upload of samba, version 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3.
The current version in testing, 2:4.12.5+dfsg-3, did not have this problem and I was happiliy using the "follow symlinks" feature so far. Given the dependency on python3, which now transitioned to 3.9, I can't downgrade to the previous version. The (insecure) workaround mentioned in this bug report, that of: # For symlink hack wide links = yes allow insecure wide links = yes makes it work again. -- Package-specific info: * /etc/samba/smb.conf present, but not attached * /var/lib/samba/dhcp.conf not present -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages samba depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii dpkg 1.20.5 ii init-system-helpers 1.59 ii libbsd0 0.10.0-1 ii libc6 2.31-4 ii libgnutls30 3.6.15-4 ii libldb2 2:2.2.0-3+b1 ii libpam-modules 1.3.1-5 ii libpam-runtime 1.3.1-5 ii libpopt0 1.18-2 ii libpython3.9 3.9.0-5 ii libtalloc2 2.3.1-2+b1 ii libtasn1-6 4.16.0-2 ii libtdb1 1.4.3-1+b1 ii libtevent0 0.10.2-1 ii libwbclient0 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii lsb-base 11.1.0 ii procps 2:3.3.16-5 ii python3 3.9.0-3 ii python3-dnspython 2.0.0-1 ii python3-samba 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii samba-common 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii samba-common-bin 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii samba-libs 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii tdb-tools 1.4.3-1+b1 Versions of packages samba recommends: ii attr 1:2.4.48-5 ii logrotate 3.17.0-2 ii python3-markdown 3.3.3-1 ii samba-dsdb-modules 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 ii samba-vfs-modules 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3 Versions of packages samba suggests: pn bind9 <none> pn bind9utils <none> pn ctdb <none> pn ldb-tools <none> pn ntp | chrony <none> pn smbldap-tools <none> pn ufw <none> pn winbind <none> -- no debconf information
