The page https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qfilecopy/ decribes how to copy a file or directory to another domain. In the case of a directory the files can later be copied back, in which case they end up in a different directory than the original.
This has the advantage that both copies are available in the original host domain. This has the disadvantage that copying may take some time, especially if there are a lot of files that were not actually changed. I am wondering if there already exists the facility to bind a directory in one domain (the original domain) to one in another domain (the new domain). I envisage this working like mount --bind within a single machine. This would have the advantage that edits made in the new domain would immediately be available in the original domain. That would also be a security disadvantage as the attack surface now exists in both domains, but I envisage this being limited to the contents of the bound directory. 1: Has this idea been implemented already? If so pls post a link to some details. 2: If not, is there a way to copy back only the files that actually changed - like an inter domain rsync perhaps? If so, how would I do that? This has the advantage of saving the redundant return copy, but still has the disadvantage of doing a forward copy on files that turn out to unnecessary. 3: Has the idea of an interVM bind been considered and rejected as inherently insecure? 4: Has this idea been considered and rejected as requiring more work than we want to do at the moment? Regards River~~ -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/81767bcd-8037-4381-b493-487340b0bb81%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
