Symbolic Link: Windows Host, Linux Guest

[Zack63]

Hi,

I have windows NTFS host file system accessible from VMWare running redhat linux.  The access is done through the Virtual Marchine Settings->options->Shared Folders.  I have no problem read/write to the NTFS filesystem, but Linux links to not work.

I also run Cygwin on the Windows host, and linux links work OK there.  Even if I create a link with cygwin, it will not work when accessed from VMware-linux guest.  I have read that as of Windows Vista, readable and writable symbolic links are supported.

So, is this a bug in the VMWare filesharing tools?  A setting that must be tweeked?

-Mike

[Zack63]

Anyone have suggestions on links in Windows host as seen by linux VMware guest?  I can't be the first to see this issue....

[kingneutron]

--Honestly, I haven't trusted (or used) Shared Folders in years - it's something of a hack.

--My recommendation is to install samba (and possibly webmin, to help configure it) in the guest and see if the same issue happens in that case.

Articles to be aware of:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch08.html

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/How_to_setup_Samba_to_follow_symbolic_links%3F

# Especially this one!!

http://odzangba.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/fix-samba-not-following-symlinks-error/