Starting with samba 3.4.6, "wide links" gets disabled automatically if "unix extensions" are enabled. This is by design to resolve a security issue.
See: http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.4.6.html and https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7104 and http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0926 ** Bug watch added: Samba Bugzilla #7104 https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7104 ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0926 -- faulty symlinks on mounted samba volumes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs