Looks like this has been fixed as a side effect of https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=b886a9443d49f6e27fa3863d87c9e24d12e62874
So I'll abandon my patch and use the one from upstream. Artful is not affected - 4.6.7 has the patch already. Tested it successfully for Trusty, Xenial and Zesty. Debdiffs are being prepared. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702529 Title: ACCESS_DENIED with symlinks within a root ("/") share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/samba/+bug/1702529/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs