Re: [qubes-users] What exactly is stored in an App VM backup..?

2016-08-14 Thread neilhardley
OK, that's really nice to know that startup scripts are not saved. Really nice. The thing about having to shut down the VM is still annoying though. The other thing is, the progress bar for Qubes backups is very bad.. It stays at 0% for a long time, and then hours later, gets to 100%... There

Re: [qubes-users] What exactly is stored in an App VM backup..?

2016-08-14 Thread Alex
On 08/14/2016 03:37 PM, neilhard...@gmail.com wrote: > But presumably this private.img is going to include things like: > > folder: /etc/init.d/ > > file: /etc/rc.local > > things like this, which are used to do start-up scripts. > No, it does not. Only root.img for templateVMs include such

Re: [qubes-users] What exactly is stored in an App VM backup..?

2016-08-14 Thread neilhardley
But presumably this private.img is going to include things like: folder: /etc/init.d/ file: /etc/rc.local things like this, which are used to do start-up scripts. So anyone who hacked the VM might place some start-up scripts which link to malware stored on the machine. So these are going to

Re: [qubes-users] What exactly is stored in an App VM backup..?

2016-08-14 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-08-14 05:56, neilhard...@gmail.com wrote: > I want to know.. what exactly is stored in an App VM backup..? > > When you back it up, and you have your single backup file, what is in that > file? > > Obviously, your personal files, like

[qubes-users] What exactly is stored in an App VM backup..?

2016-08-14 Thread neilhardley
I want to know.. what exactly is stored in an App VM backup..? When you back it up, and you have your single backup file, what is in that file? Obviously, your personal files, like folder structure, Documents, Downloads, Music etc. But how about programs..? Are programs stored in there, or are