If you are running VirtualBox with Linux guest under a Linux host, you will definitely need symbolic links at one point in time. And, while you can do links toward shared folders, you cannot create a link on shared folder itself. You will get something like:

[type title=“Terminal” prompt="$ "] $ ln -s /something /somethingelse ``ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/somethingElse’: Read-only file system`` [/type]

Well, fortunately it’s easy to enable connection on per share basis. Just run the following command on your host (replacing GuestName and ShareName with correct information):

[type title=“Terminal” prompt="$ "] $ VBoxManage setextradata ‘^^GuestName^^’ VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/^^ShareName^^ 1 [/type]

If your machine is running, you will need to fully shut it down (no, restart doesn’t help) and you get to enjoy the full symbolic link glory.