Fix bug 7104 - "wide links" and "unix extensions" are incompatible.

[samba.git] / docs-xml / smbdotconf / misc / widelinks.xml

diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml
index fb707c1950a191d6dcc608bdf1c68fdc1714ba8d..1c30bb768a3b44ec34850abcb2406ad0139b1137 100644 (file)
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/widelinks.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@
        server are always allowed; this parameter controls access only 
        to areas that are outside the directory tree being exported.</para>
 
-       <para>Note that setting this parameter can have a negative 
-       effect on your server performance due to the extra system calls 
-       that Samba has to  do in order to perform the link checks.</para>
+       <para>Note: Turning this parameter on when UNIX extensions are enabled
+       will allow UNIX clients to create symbolic links on the share that
+       can point to files or directories outside restricted path exported
+       by the share definition. This can cause access to areas outside of
+       the share. Due to this problem, this parameter will be automatically
+       disabled (with a message in the log file) if the
+       <smbconfoption name="unix extensions"/> option is on.
+       </para>
 </description>
 
-<value type="default">yes</value>
+<value type="default">no</value>
 </samba:parameter>