[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#866823: samba: does not follow symbolic links

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Package: samba
Version: 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #866823

So "follow symlinks" feature seems to have been broken in the latest
upload of samba, version 2:4.13.2+dfsg-3.

The current version in testing, 2:4.12.5+dfsg-3, did not have this
problem and I was happiliy using the "follow symlinks" feature so far.

Given the dependency on python3, which now transitioned to 3.9, I can't
downgrade to the previous version.

The (insecure) workaround mentioned in this bug report, that of:

# For symlink hack
   wide links = yes
   allow insecure wide links  = yes


makes it work again.



-- Package-specific info:
* /etc/samba/smb.conf present, but not attached
* /var/lib/samba/dhcp.conf not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages samba depends on:
ii  adduser              3.118
ii  dpkg                 1.20.5
ii  init-system-helpers  1.59
ii  libbsd0              0.10.0-1
ii  libc6                2.31-4
ii  libgnutls30          3.6.15-4
ii  libldb2              2:2.2.0-3+b1
ii  libpam-modules       1.3.1-5
ii  libpam-runtime       1.3.1-5
ii  libpopt0             1.18-2
ii  libpython3.9         3.9.0-5
ii  libtalloc2           2.3.1-2+b1
ii  libtasn1-6           4.16.0-2
ii  libtdb1              1.4.3-1+b1
ii  libtevent0           0.10.2-1
ii  libwbclient0         2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  lsb-base             11.1.0
ii  procps               2:3.3.16-5
ii  python3              3.9.0-3
ii  python3-dnspython    2.0.0-1
ii  python3-samba        2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  samba-common         2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  samba-common-bin     2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  samba-libs           2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  tdb-tools            1.4.3-1+b1

Versions of packages samba recommends:
ii  attr                1:2.4.48-5
ii  logrotate           3.17.0-2
ii  python3-markdown    3.3.3-1
ii  samba-dsdb-modules  2:4.13.2+dfsg-3
ii  samba-vfs-modules   2:4.13.2+dfsg-3

Versions of packages samba suggests:
pn  bind9          <none>
pn  bind9utils     <none>
pn  ctdb           <none>
pn  ldb-tools      <none>
pn  ntp | chrony   <none>
pn  smbldap-tools  <none>
pn  ufw            <none>
pn  winbind        <none>

-- no debconf information