Controlling CIFS access to symbolic links

What a symbolic link is  

A symbolic link is a special file created by NFS clients that points to another file or directory. A symbolic link is, in some respects, similar to a "shortcut" in the Windows environment.

Kinds of symbolic links  

There are two kinds of symbolic links:

• Absolute symbolic links begin with a slash (/) and are treated as a path relative to the root of the file system.
• Relative symbolic links begin with a character other than a slash (/) and are treated as a path relative to the parent directory of the symbolic link.

CIFS clients cannot create symbolic links, but they can follow the symbolic links created by NFS clients.

For detailed information  

The following sections discuss the ways you can control how CIFS clients follow symbolic links:

• Understanding how CIFS clients interact with symbolic links
• About Map entries
• About Widelink entries
• About disabling share boundary checking for symbolic links
• Redirecting absolute symbolic links
• Preventing access by CIFS clients to cyclic directory structures

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