Querying of symlinks to the Samba server with POSIX extensions works! (Also would work for querying symlinks generated in Windows NFS server) # stat /mnt1/symlink-source File: /mnt1/symlink-source -> symlink-target Size: 14 Blocks: 2048 IO Block: 16384 symbolic link Device: 39h/57d Inode: 10354691 Links: 1 Access: (0000/l---------) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2019-06-28 01:43:37.145324400 -0500 Modify: 2019-06-28 01:43:37.145324400 -0500 Change: 2019-06-28 01:43:37.145324400 -0500 Birth: - -- Thanks, Steve