smbclient fails to create recurse folder when the CIFS share symlink-properties is set to option "symlinks_and_widelinks" [root@localhost ~]# smbclient -U testuser1 //10.10.10.100/test1 Try "help" to ...smbclient fails to create recurse folder when the CIFS share symlink-properties is set to option "symlinks_and_widelinks" [root@localhost ~]# smbclient -U testuser1 //10.10.10.100/test1 Try "help" to get a list of possible commands. A packet trace shows the smbclient creates a folder with an invalid path like "10.10.10.100\test1\10.10.10.100", IP address is being repeated twice 14.616964498 10.10.10.110 → 10.10.10.100 SMB2 254 Create Request File: 10.10.10.100\test1\10.10.10.100