issue2699: restore symlinks on windows when run as admin user

2026-08-25 06:53:18 +00:00 · 2022-10-29 21:19:33 +02:00
parent f8910bc4ff
commit 8e5eb1090c
4 changed files with 14 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ There are case insensitive variants of ``--exclude`` and ``--include`` called
 ``--iexclude`` and ``--iinclude``. These options will behave the same way but
 ignore the casing of paths.

+Restoring symbolic links on windows is only possible when the user has
+``SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege`` privilege or is running as admin. This is a
+restriction of windows not restic.
+
 Restore using mount
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