Linux Guest does not resolve Windows softlinks
Posted: 7. Sep 2022, 14:53
Hi, I've created a softlink to a file in windows and placed it inside the shared folder. On my linux guest, when I go to the shared folder all I see is a 'reference' of the file (i.e. the file is listed) but I can't read or write to it. Is there a way to allow the Linux (I'm using Oracle Linux 8.6, Guest Additions installed) resolve the symlink of the Host Windows system?
What I'm trying to solve is this: have one single file in my Windows Host, located anywhere be accessible (read/write) by the Guest. *I don't want to create copies* of it in the shared folder. I also want to be able to create another symlink in the guest (pointing to the shared folder file) so that I can point that symlink anywhere I want in the Guest, kind of a double indirection.
What I'm trying to solve is this: have one single file in my Windows Host, located anywhere be accessible (read/write) by the Guest. *I don't want to create copies* of it in the shared folder. I also want to be able to create another symlink in the guest (pointing to the shared folder file) so that I can point that symlink anywhere I want in the Guest, kind of a double indirection.