diff -urN samba-3.0.1-orig/source/smbd/trans2.c samba-3.0.1/source/smbd/trans2.c
--- samba-3.0.1-orig/source/smbd/trans2.c	Sun Jan  4 20:46:36 2004
+++ samba-3.0.1/source/smbd/trans2.c	Wed Feb  4 21:48:10 2004
@@ -2397,6 +2397,34 @@
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
+ Makes link_dest path relative to link_src
+****************************************************************************/
+
+static void make_link_relative(const char *link_src, char *link_dest)
+{
+	const char *p1 = link_src;
+	char *p2 = link_dest;
+	pstring link_rel;
+	int sl = 0;
+
+	while (*(p1++) == *(p2++));
+	for ( ;*p1 != '/' && p1 != link_src; p1--,p2--);
+
+	while (*(p1++))
+		sl = (*p1 == '/') ? sl + 1 : sl;
+	if (!sl) return;
+
+	pstrcpy(link_rel, "../");
+	for ( ;sl > 1; sl--)
+		pstrcat(link_rel, "../");
+	pstrcat(link_rel, *p2 == '/' ? ++p2 : p2);
+
+	DEBUG(10,("before (%s -> %s), after (%s -> %s)\n", link_src, link_dest, link_src, link_rel));
+
+	pstrcpy(link_dest, link_rel);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
  Returns true if this pathname is within the share, and thus safe.
 ****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -2946,6 +2974,8 @@
 
 			if (ensure_link_is_safe(conn, link_dest, link_dest) != 0)
 				return(UNIXERROR(ERRDOS,ERRnoaccess));
+
+			make_link_relative(fname, link_dest);
 
 			DEBUG(10,("call_trans2setfilepathinfo: SMB_SET_FILE_UNIX_LINK doing symlink %s -> %s\n",
 				fname, link_dest ));