Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 2
Novell Domain Services for Windows
Situation
After installing samba-3.0.36-0.9.1, the directory \\servername\sysvol\"domain name" isn't accessible anymore.
This is preventing group policies and login scripts from being executed.
This is preventing group policies and login scripts from being executed.
Resolution
Add "unix extensions = no" to the global section in /etc/samba/smb.conf for both additional and domain controllers.
Add "wide links = yes" to the sysvol section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf for both additional and domain controllers.
Add "wide links = yes" to the sysvol-msdfs section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf for additional domain controllers only.
Restart samba (rcsmb restart).
Add "wide links = yes" to the sysvol section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf for both additional and domain controllers.
Add "wide links = yes" to the sysvol-msdfs section in the /etc/samba/smb.conf for additional domain controllers only.
Restart samba (rcsmb restart).
Status
Reported to EngineeringAdditional Information
smbd.log shows the following error message:
nts.com/Policies/{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}/gpt.ini is a symlink outside the share path.
In previous versions of samba the default value for the configuration parameter "wide links" was set to yes.
If "wide links" = yes is present for the share definitions, but "unix extensions = no" is missing from the global section, smbd.log shows the following error message:
Share 'sysvol-msdfs' has wide links and unix extensions enabled. These parameters are incompatible. Disabling wide links for this share.
nts.com/Policies/{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}/gpt.ini is a symlink outside the share path.
In previous versions of samba the default value for the configuration parameter "wide links" was set to yes.
If "wide links" = yes is present for the share definitions, but "unix extensions = no" is missing from the global section, smbd.log shows the following error message:
Share 'sysvol-msdfs' has wide links and unix extensions enabled. These parameters are incompatible. Disabling wide links for this share.