XAMPP-VM: access to files outside installation folder?

[robbm]

XAMPP-VM seems to install everything into ~/.bitnami/stackman

For example, /opt/lampp/htdocs is actually ~/.bitnami/stackman/machines/xampp/volumes/root/htdocs

Is there some way that I can files outside this installation folder accessible to XAMPP-VM?

I tried creating symbolic links as (Mac) root, but get "Permission denied".