Use lchown for symlinks. Author: jra Index: samba/source/smbd/trans2.c =================================================================== --- samba/source/smbd/trans2.c.orig +++ samba/source/smbd/trans2.c @@ -5123,9 +5123,18 @@ size = %.0f, uid = %u, gid = %u, raw per */ if ((set_owner != (uid_t)SMB_UID_NO_CHANGE) && (psbuf->st_uid != set_owner)) { - DEBUG(10,("smb_set_file_unix_basic: SMB_SET_FILE_UNIX_BASIC changing owner %u for file %s\n", + int ret; + + DEBUG(10,("smb_set_file_unix_basic: SMB_SET_FILE_UNIX_BASIC changing owner %u for path %s\n", (unsigned int)set_owner, fname )); - if (SMB_VFS_CHOWN(conn, fname, set_owner, (gid_t)-1) != 0) { + + if (S_ISLNK(psbuf->st_mode)) { + ret = SMB_VFS_LCHOWN(conn, fname, set_owner, (gid_t)-1); + } else { + ret = SMB_VFS_CHOWN(conn, fname, set_owner, (gid_t)-1); + } + + if (ret != 0) { status = map_nt_error_from_unix(errno); if (delete_on_fail) { SMB_VFS_UNLINK(conn,fname);