-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 08:55:49PM +0100, 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users wrote: > On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 20:22:02 CET Dave C wrote: > > Whenever a TemplateBasedVM is created, the contents of the /home > > directory of its parent TemplateVM are copied to the child > > TemplateBasedVM’s /home... > > > > Is this true in Qubes 4.0 rc3? > > > > In my experience, changes made to /home/user in the template are not > > copied to the appvm when it is created. > > This mirrors my experience, AppVMs don’t inherit the homedir. > > I believe that the design has changed (i.e. the docs are outdated). Template > VMs are means to be used purely for its operating system and the software > going with it, the homedir should have no personal data or app-configs > because you should not use the template for anything other than updating > packages.
Yes, exactly. If you want some initial configuration for new AppVMs, use /etc/skel there, just like on normal Linux for new user's home. > Notice that disposable VMs no longer use templateVMs, they are based on an > AppVM instead. You will likely end up creating an AppVM which will be a > template for disposable VMs launched by the system. Yes, this is the reason why DispVMs are based on AppVM (which was also the case in 3.2 - there were fedora-xx-dvm VMs). - -- Best Regards, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki Invisible Things Lab A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhrpukzGPukRmQqkK24/THMrX1ywFAlo64TIACgkQ24/THMrX 1yw7PQf+PUEHnNO0ZmkrDPBOSRjjO81jZsklKTiLyNBCzCvZM2jqPV63ZhXYtYFC Cw8sk6/aPeYm72tSKU71FCZIk2PE96e9WEGKT7oZPTKqnbqHUOIGczwsoR3tEwVw APqsWrTNKN3Kdwursgz+sNDG0uEga6NvrO/DnmI92VftDsP329GUYZPeVWj80f7u vyTlq6eITX8HY7OXO2gKnB+mjn8jVpRKqAN8C+bJtGFxmWhDit6J4286PaAypc3t 1G90zspMsdccEbLd1s09YoenbH1iD1OB6+osRXZ4vgW83sHI239LgiWV4kmrLcs9 nfHHDigN0onbFcv/6JF5Quqjs+k/eg== =X41g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/20171220221618.GA1923%40mail-itl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
