On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 09:22:02AM -0800, [email protected] wrote: > On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 8:47:19 AM UTC-7, Unman wrote: > > Yes, you can run the mount from rc.local. > > Obviously you'll need to ensure that the device is attached first, so > > if you're using the qrexec service I suggested, make sure that's called > > first and completes before you attempt the mount. > > Unfortunately, running the mount from rc.local doesn't seem to work (nothing > gets mounted and I don't know why). > > I'm using a persistent attach for an AppVM. > > After adding "sudo mount /dev/xvdi /mnt/removable" to /rw/config/rc.local, I > shut down the AppVM, and then start Terminal. After the AppVM starts up, I > see that the mount didn't happen. > > Any tips on diagnosing this? I didn't see the word "mount" in journalctl. Not > sure where else to look or what to look for. > > > Just for completeness, I'll point out that you can use bind-dirs to make > > any file persistent within a qube - have a look at > > www.qubes-os.org/doc/bind-dirs/ > > I'm not sure how this would work with /etc/fstab - I cant check the > > service order at the moment - but it's something you might not be aware > > of. At worst you'd need an extra 'mount -a' call after bind-dirs. > > This is an interesting idea. I didn't know you could persist custom things. I > guess the worry here is if /etc/fstab is an autogenerated file. > > Personally, I'd like to keep things simple and get the rc.local mount > working, but I'll keep bind-dirs in mind for other things. > Did you remember to 'chmod +x' the rc.local file? I am assuming that you are able to manually mount the device
Also, I should check which Qubes version you are using. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20171209174737.q723nfgi5ltgt6yk%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
