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authorStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2010-07-30 14:56:00 +0200
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2010-09-29 21:04:31 +0200
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parentcifs: use Minshall+French symlink functions (diff)
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cifs: add "mfsymlinks" mount option
This is the start for an implementation of "Minshall+French Symlinks" (see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Minshall.2BFrench_symlinks). Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
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@@ -527,6 +527,11 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
SFU does). In the future the bottom 9 bits of the
mode also will be emulated using queries of the security
descriptor (ACL).
+ mfsymlinks Enable support for Minshall+French symlinks
+ (see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Minshall.2BFrench_symlinks)
+ This option is ignored when specified together with the
+ 'sfu' option. Minshall+French symlinks are used even if
+ the server supports the CIFS Unix Extensions.
sign Must use packet signing (helps avoid unwanted data modification
by intermediate systems in the route). Note that signing
does not work with lanman or plaintext authentication.