-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-02-04 12:59, Unman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2017 at 07:02:57PM +0100, john.david.r.smith > wrote: >> On 04/02/17 18:42, Loren Rogers wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm confused about running disposable VMs - if I open a browser >>> or file viewer, then want to open a terminal for the same VM, >>> how could I do this? (E.g. I want to view an untrusted file, >>> then make some edits.) >> right click the dispvm in the qubes manager. select run command. >> enter xterm or whatever you want to run >> >> or user (in dom0) qvm-run DISPVM_NAME xterm >>> >>> Is there a way to configure the default disposable VM in the >>> Qubes menu? I see that disposable VMs can be configured for >>> individual domains, but I can't find where the generic one is. >>>
Yes, you can customize the default DispVM by following these instructions: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dispvm-customization/ >>> Also, is it possible to specify a different template for >>> disposable machines? Say I'm running something based on the >>> default fedora-23, and I want to open a document from my work >>> VM, which uses that template. But I want to open it with my >>> fedora-23-custom template as a disposable VM. (E.g. running a >>> video in VLC that has untrustworthy components.) Is this >>> doable? >> >> currently you can only have one dispvm. if you want, you can set >> the template as default for dispvms (qvm-create-default-dvm) >> >> -john > > Loren, > > You can't configure disposable VMs for individual qubes - what you > can do is change the netVM which will apply if you start a > disposableVM from that qube. The dispVM that will be started is > determined by the default dvm, and this is set by > qvm-create-default-dvm. > > As John said, you can only have one default dvm, but it's trivial > to work around this with a small script. Care to share that script, unman? > It's possible to do this because qvm-create-default-dvm does NOT > remove the files for old dvms. You can see this if you generate a > new default-dvm, and then look in /var/lib/qubes/appvms. So if you > generate a number of different dvms based on different templates, > it's simple to switch between them before launching a new dispVM. > The launch time isn't noticeably different from starting up a new > dispVM, and voila - multiple template disposable VMs on the cheap. > How do you easily switch between the different DVM templates? > I do this without any apparent ill effects, but it certainly isn't > part of the canon. > > unman > - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYlxywAAoJENtN07w5UDAwL6sQAKsIaVtoIYt9bZJswcalKALa U2CN68p1snmVCNmI4BAAULK1T33GbKcDUMgIAwIQdtLD5GVm3MC/t80LTEq3GQ3o Px5+Tx0Ho32RpLIG4hAauGTPY+afHrR8SU4fNbR+hbENzWpiQ5JSitADlB5aOaMN IgQ72QUZPKvgHFX05HqJeDKQlwaiM+EgnhqOaw7UxO3dTwFnE8Rwu/GZFhez3NAC Z8xVwrBgyTWiyGw/f2iQW5oDIgbfisRaAhHHh0il6sPG5LGheyjbf0n5kD85PFrk mbMGXNRqt7NtMLHBjKQLjZTRHE7h4Y+kxC5J8RH/dohdcMY4K8lQWeL4j4XMv1ln v+BypyOJ5cOyBGLGoxuYwJeZxwrleJb2TVo6PxpvNog7F0UsokxUHwS/P63uT+VF VOMHfvjX5tL83gPAd+uEMXbhWkqX3rSXcwlb5W5NFJaxhj/7e5C5TJaNB74uxN9C wvkgE8zM87UxvyIPB75NcF9SzXD8ma66zilooaMnAO8+ljYGuGHj2StrM5Qe54Ys jyb/FjzLiy/gTdwK+ZvsmHQSCaF27d3/ekvsT9NdWyoLqxjkOjXCqXFR2QxIGFaz wxJGx9chxan1JXAdmxAek0PHcdNdVnF2+9ql4NvpvkVv7KpMGhiOqcsZxZUzP3nd tNGvf5phasOxfyK3A7Dp =GkEc -----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 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/796372d9-a85b-9fa4-7692-bff4b541331e%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
