------server smb.conf-------
unix extensions=no
follow symlinks=yes
wide links=yes
allow insecure wide links=yes

sudo mount -t cifs -o vers=3.0 -o user=<myuser> //server/sharename /mnt/mountpoint

$ echo "HELLO WORLD" > file-created-on-server.txt
$ ln -s file-created-on-server.txt symlink-created-on-server.txt
$ ls -iog
75852 -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 12 Jul 19 20:16 file-created-on-server.txt
75859 lrwxrwxrwx+ 1 25 Jul 19 20:53 symlink-created-on-server.txt -> file-created-on-server.txt

$ ls -iog
total 8
75852 -rwxr-xr-x 1 12 Jul 19 21:16 file-created-on-server.txt
75852 -rwxr-xr-x 1 12 Jul 19 21:16 symlink-created-on-server.txt