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Reputation: 2949

Create symbolic link in Linux guest on Windows host

I am running Virtualbox Linux 32 bit guest OS on a Windows 10 64 bit host OS. I am sharing a folder between the host (windows) and the guest (linux). When I am trying to create a symbolic link in the guest I am getting the following error:

ln -s file1 link1
ln: failed to create symbolic link 'link1': Operation not permitted

How can I enable the possibility of creating symbolic links by the Linux guest, on a Windows host, within a shared folder?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 703

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 2949

I have called the VBoxManage program with the following arguments to fix the issue (source):

VBoxManage setextradata MACHINE_LABEL VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/SHARE_LABEL 1

But now the error I receive is: Protocol error instead of Operation not permitted. To fix this issue, I had to run my VM from within the host as administrator. Is there a way to fix the permissions, so the VB image doesn't have to be run as admin?

Upvotes: 1

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