Changeset 49987 in vbox

Timestamp:

Dec 19, 2013 12:49:40 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

doc/manual: document how to enable the creation of symlinks by the guest

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml

@@ -1079 +1079 @@
           <para>Currently only Linux and Solaris Guest Additions support
           symlinks.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>For security reasons the guest OS is not allowed to create
+          symlinks by default. If you trust the guest OS to not abuse the
+          functionality, you can enable creation of symlinks for "sharename"
+          with:
+          <screen>VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/sharename 1</screen></para>
         </listitem>
       </orderedlist></para>