Laravel 5.3 storage:link -> symlink(): Protocol error

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Elie Morin picture Elie Morin · Sep 14, 2016 · Viewed 27.1k times · Source

I'm trying to run the following artisan command:

php artisan storage:link

I get this error:

[ErrorException] symlink(): Protocol error

Can you help me to solve this.

This is my setup:

  • Windows 10 using vagrant with Homestead (v0.5.0) box
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64)
  • Laravel Framework version 5.3.6
  • PHP 7.0

Answer

bleenders picture bleenders · Sep 19, 2016

Your problem probably is that you have to start your vagrant box as a system administrator.

So hit start type "cmd", right click it choose "Run as administrator". Navigate to your project, type "vagrant up". Retry the command.

Creating symbolic link on Homestead?

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