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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 I believe that the design has changed (i.e. the docs are outdated).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).

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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?
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