error creating symbolic links

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error creating symbolic links

Juan Carlos RR 56

Hello, I am writing to the community for the second time because my previous post has been deleted for no reason, I am trying to port a linux application, I have all dependencies resolved without problem, the fact is that the build script tries to create symbolic links, The problem is that it tells me that I do not have privileges to create symbolic links. I have looked for documentation and there is nothing about it, the closest thing I found is this https://learn.microsoft.com/es-es/windows/security/threat -protection/security-policy-settings/create-symbolic-links but it does not solve anything for me, my user is part of the administrator group, even I have logged in the administrator account and I get the same results, the application is hosted in git , therefore to compile I use git bash, I want to imply that the code is not mine, I can't modify the build script without breaking the entire compilation

MotoX80 36,291 Reputation points

2023-02-07T02:29:29.73+00:00

What is the command that it is executing? Did you launch the process with "Run as administrator"? What folder are you trying to create the symlink in?
Juan Carlos RR 56 Reputation points

2023-02-07T17:30:09.7033333+00:00

I have started bash running it as administrator, I have enabled the administrator account in usrmgr.msc, in both cases it produces an error when creating symbolic links The command is tar xvf Be sure that it can be done because there are many Linux projects ported to Windows, but there is no documentation, and if there is, it is outdated
Juan Carlos RR 56 Reputation points

2023-02-07T17:44:02.3933333+00:00

I have run bash as administrator using the right mouse button, I have enabled the administrator account using lusrmgr.msc, both methods produce the same error, the command is tar xfv, everything works but it is not able to create the symbolic links
MotoX80 36,291 Reputation points

2023-02-07T19:47:17.1+00:00

You tagged this as a Windows 10 security question. In a Window environment, the command to create a symbolic link is mklink. See:

https://www.makeuseof.com/guide-creating-symbolic-links-symlinks-windows-10

I have limited Unix experience, but the tar command looks more like a WinZip utility that compresses folders, and not something that creates symbolic links from one folder to another.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/tar-command-linux-tar-cvf-tar-xvf/

I am guessing that you are utilizing the Windows subsystem for Linux. Is that correct?

I do not see a Q&A tag for WSL. In this post it recommends the user to ask their question on Github

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/360661/wsl-problem

If you are not using WSL, then please share a screen image of the error and the script being executed. I don't understand how tar would be used to create a symbolic link.