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

Question

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 1

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?

Answer 2

First close vagrant with vagrant halt command, then run cmd as administrator, go to your homestead folder, start Vagrant with vagrant up and then you can run php artisan storage:link. For me it worked :)

Answer 3

Run cmd as Super Admin.

php artisan storage:link is OK.