Trying to create a symlink with ln -s [target path] [symlink name] on Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 guests:
user@ubuntu:/mnt/hgfs/db-win/dev/ws$ sudo ln -s /home/user/develop/ws /mnt/hgfs/db-win/develop/ws/ubu_vm
ln: Creating symbolic link „/mnt/hgfs/db-win/develop/ws/ubu_vm“: Operation not supported
This is independent of whether I run with root permissions (sudo) or as normal user.
Host is Windows 7 64bit.
My question: Is it possible to create symbolik links on hgfs shares at all???
I saw http://communities.vmware.com/thread/297284 as well as http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1007277&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=179149990&stateId=0%200%20179151533, but they don't really match.
So - is there a way to create symlinks on a Linux guest's shared folder and - if so - which one?
Thanks,
Karsten