Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-15 Thread Linda Walsh
simo wrote: On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 18:16 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: Jeremy Allison wrote: I didn't like re-enabling the feature as it re-introduces something that was widely regarded as a security hole, People widely regarded the earth as flat and ... well sometime ago,

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-15 Thread simo
On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 09:11 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: simo wrote: On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 18:16 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: Jeremy Allison wrote: I didn't like re-enabling the feature as it re-introduces something that was widely regarded as a security hole,

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread Linda Walsh
Jeremy Allison wrote: We needed to make it impossible to configure Samba insecurely. At the time this was proposed, it was posted to the list and no dissenting voices were heard. --- Not exactly true -- as soon as this feature was available for testing in a downloadable package, there

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread Jeremy Allison
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:37:11PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: I would like to put forth a possible alternative for consideration (perhaps a bit late in the game), though perhaps a goal for a release in the near future. Better to say someting that be accused later of saying nothing...

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread Linda W
But what if we didn't need the option in the first place? (i.e. the workaround code?)... Wouldn't it make for a cleaner implementation to not add a hack on top of a hack? I'm a perfectionist -- just just a it'll do type...that's why I tend to persist. Though if you aren't interested, you

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread Jeremy Allison
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 04:28:43PM -0700, Linda W wrote: I don't think you felt good about adding the option, but assuaged yourself with naming it something belligerent to users rather than descriptively and neutrally, (something I don't think appropriate in a user interface of the sort

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread Linda Walsh
Jeremy Allison wrote: I didn't like re-enabling the feature as it re-introduces something that was widely regarded as a security hole, People widely regarded the earth as flat and ... well sometime ago, as in some areas, as only 6000 years old... but recognised the need some sites have

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-14 Thread simo
On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 18:16 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: Jeremy Allison wrote: I didn't like re-enabling the feature as it re-introduces something that was widely regarded as a security hole, People widely regarded the earth as flat and ... well sometime ago, as in some areas, as only

[Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-12 Thread umage
Hi, I discovered that it's not possible to run 'wide links' and 'unix entensions' at the same time - there are source-level blockers in place that will disable wide links and write a log entry. I traced this to https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7104 and

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-12 Thread Jeremy Allison
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 02:21:12PM +0200, umage wrote: Hi, I discovered that it's not possible to run 'wide links' and 'unix entensions' at the same time - there are source-level blockers in place that will disable wide links and write a log entry. I traced this to

Re: [Samba] can't turn on wide links in homedir

2011-09-12 Thread umage
On 12. 9. 2011 19:21, Jeremy Allison wrote: We needed to make it impossible to configure Samba insecurely. At the time this was proposed, it was posted to the list and no dissenting voices were heard. Since then there have been a couple of people with the desire to configure Samba in a