Cannot open — symlinks not allowed

SQLITE_CANTOPEN_SYMLINK (2062) is returned when SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW is set and the database path is a symbolic link. This prevents following symlinks for security-sensitive applications.

1. 1Opening a symlinked database file with the SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW flag.
2. 2Security policy forbids following symlinks to database files.

sqlite3_open_v2() with SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW flag on a symlinked database.

# In C:
# sqlite3_open_v2("mylink.db", &db, SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY | SQLITE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW, NULL);
# → SQLITE_CANTOPEN_SYMLINK if mylink.db is a symlink

SQLITE_CANTOPEN_SYMLINK (2062)

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