Ticket #8038 (new defect)
Symbolic links in shared folders
Reported by: | dglsquaid | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | major | Component: | shared folders |
Version: | VirtualBox 4.0.0 | Keywords: | symlinks |
Cc: | Guest type: | Linux | |
Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by frank) (diff)
Hi all !
Virtualbox 4.0.0 windows host, linux guest.
If I made with windows a simlink from folder c:\Documents to d:\shared_folder\documents... under linux this symlink doesn't works... is not accessible ( red color 0 byte )... linux can't access to c:\Documents. In the past releases this kind of symlink worked.
For testing windows simlinks I used mklink from cmd line and a specific ( awesome ) program like Link Shell Extension ( http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshel ... ml#contact ) that allow making different kinds of links... but nothing working...
Change History
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by imcotton
The same problem with v4.1.2, and it's working fine in v3.2.12 or before.
This capability is very helpful, I hope it could be got fixed in the future, otherwise I'm gonna stuck along with v3.2.12.
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by benb
This appears to have been fixed somewhere between 4.1.2 and 4.1.6.
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by theshowmecanuck
This issue still exists in 4.1.18.
This really needs to be addressed. Not allowing Windows host symlinks and junctions to be used by the guest creates a nightmare for secure and reasonable administration of the system. If this is not a bug, it is a glaringly huge omission of a very important feature.
Topic should be changed to "Windows Symbolic links in shared folders"
-Technologov