Re: [qubes-users] issue with URL handler in Thunderbird: started VM receives truncated URL

['Stuart Perkins' via qubes-users]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:19:21 +0100
Ulrich Windl <u20230...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2/22/24 22:15, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>> On 2/22/24 21:54, 'Stuart Perkins' via qubes-users wrote:  
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:25:18 +0100
>>> Ulrich Windl <u20230...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I managed to configure Thunderbird to run any links via a DVM. However
>>>> today I realized that URLs with parameters are truncated (Qubes-OS 4.2)
>>>> after the first parameter it seem.
>>>>
>>>> For example I have the URL
>>>> ../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049
>>>>
>>>> When I view it in Firefox, the URL bar has only .../viewtopic.php?f=21
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I have no idea how to debug or fix that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ulrich
>>>>  
>>> Easy work around. Setup your "default browser" to be "open in vm".
>>>  
>> I'm confused: The URL _is_ opened in a VM; the issue is that the URL 
>> being passed in truncated after the first parameter it seems.
>>
>> https and https content type is redirected to a "run-vm-firefox" that 
>> contains:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> qvm-run-vm '$dispvm' /bin/firefox "$1"
>>
>> I would guess that qvm-run-vm has a quoting problem.
>>
>>
>> I see that qvm-run-vm passes the parameter correctly to 
>> /usr/lib/qubes/qrun-in-vm.
>>
>> I don't know python, but these lines seems to have a problem:
>>
>> cmd = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
>> sys.stdout.write("exec bash -c '%s' || exit 127\n" % cmd.replace("'", 
>> "'\\''"))
>>  
>
>Here's my test result:
>
>$ sh -x /usr/bin/qvm-run-vm @dispvm 
>"../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049"
>+ getopt -o htd --long help,no-gui,dispvm -n /usr/bin/qvm-run-vm -- 
>@dispvm ../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049
>+ OPTS= -- '@dispvm' '../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049'
>+ eval set --  -- '@dispvm' 
>'../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049'
>+ set -- -- @dispvm ../viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049
>+ [ 3 -gt 0 ]
>+ shift
>+ break
>+ [  != 1 ]
>+ [ 2 -lt 2 ]
>+ [  = 1 ]
>+ [  != 1 ]
>+ VMNAME=@dispvm
>+ shift
>+ service=qubes.VMShell
>+ [  != 1 ]
>+ service=qubes.VMShell+WaitForSession
>+ exec /usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm @dispvm 
>qubes.VMShell+WaitForSession /usr/lib/qubes/qrun-in-vm 
>./viewtopic.php?f=21&t=196913&p=1023049&e=1023049
>bash: line 1: ../viewtopic.php?f=21: No such file or directory
>

Presuming xfce4...

bash-5.2# pwd
/home/user/.config
bash-5.2# cat mimeapps.list
[Default Applications]
text/html=qvm-open-in-dvm.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=qvm-open-in-dvm.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=qvm-open-in-dvm.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=qvm-open-in-dvm.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=qvm-open-in-dvm.desktop
application/pdf=org.gnome.Evince.desktop
application/sql=org.gnome.TextEditor.desktop

[Added Associations]
text/plain=org.gnome.gedit.desktop;
application/pdf=gimp.desktop;pdfmod.desktop;org.gnome.Evince.desktop;
image/jpeg=gimp.desktop;display-im6.q16.desktop;
image/png=gimp.desktop;
application/sql=org.gnome.TextEditor.desktop;
bash-5.2# 

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