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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs/connect.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/connect.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 239e1fb33000..d8eb6a74b211 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -3239,10 +3239,20 @@ void cifs_setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info, } if (pvolume_info->mfsymlinks) { if (pvolume_info->sfu_emul) { - cifs_dbg(VFS, "mount option mfsymlinks ignored if sfu mount option is used\n"); - } else { - cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS; + /* + * Our SFU ("Services for Unix" emulation does not allow + * creating symlinks but does allow reading existing SFU + * symlinks (it does allow both creating and reading SFU + * style mknod and FIFOs though). When "mfsymlinks" and + * "sfu" are both enabled at the same time, it allows + * reading both types of symlinks, but will only create + * them with mfsymlinks format. This allows better + * Apple compatibility (probably better for Samba too) + * while still recognizing old Windows style symlinks. + */ + cifs_dbg(VFS, "mount options mfsymlinks and sfu both enabled\n"); } + cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS; } if ((pvolume_info->cifs_acl) && (pvolume_info->dynperm)) |