Tracker item #3527672, was opened at 2012-05-17 12:32 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by lousybrit You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=3527672&group_id=204462
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: John Peterson (johnpeterson) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Symlink in Linux guest Initial Comment: Which guests support symlinks in a Windows 7 VMware Workstation host NTFS share? This artifact https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2531303&group_id=204462&atid=989708 seems to say that Gentoo guests support "ln -s". In Ubuntu the operation cd /mnt/hgfs/shared; touch foo; ln -snf foo fum return ln: failed to create symbolic link `fum': Permission denied and if sharedFolder0.followSymlinks = "FALSE" (in .vmx) it returns ln: failed to create symbolic link `fum': Operation not supported # cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 12.04 LTS \n \l # sudo dpkg -s open-vm-tools Version: 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1 VMware Workstation 8.0.2 build-591240 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Steve (lousybrit) Date: 2012-05-17 17:46 Message: It requires new code to be implemented in the vmware-vmx for the HGFS server side in the Windows platform specific code. Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: John Peterson (johnpeterson) Date: 2012-05-17 17:34 Message: Can it be patched in modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:Hgfs*Symlink* or does it also require a patch for vmware-vmx.exe? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Steve (lousybrit) Date: 2012-05-17 17:12 Message: Hi John, Currently for Windows hosts symlinks are not supported. We currently don't have plans to add it either. Only supported on Linux/OS X hosts. Sorry. Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: John Peterson (johnpeterson) Date: 2012-05-17 12:35 Message: The share is mounted with mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=3527672&group_id=204462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
