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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 21, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

Add support for wide links in protocol nodes/mmsmb

wide links is a parameter supported by SMB exports configuration.

But currently it is not possible to specify it when adding a new smb share with the "mmsmb export add" command.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 21, 2022

    I'm in contact with a customer that has two separate Spectrum Scale filesystems (A and B). Certain users/applications have SMB access to a share in filesystem A, but they need to make certain directories from filesystem B accessible to those users/applications. This could be implemented, where necessary, through symbolic links from A to B.

    My understanding is that the Samba "wide links" option, potentially in combinations with the "allow insecure wide links" option, could be used to address this use case. We do understand that these option pose a potential security risk - but in certain scenarios those might be acceptable.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 23, 2022

    wide links is a security exposure. How should these wide links be used ? Is there a use case that this feature should support?

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