qvm-copy-to-vm unexpressive error message if argument are inverted

[Mayeu]

Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.2):

R4-rc1

Affected TemplateVMs (e.g., fedora-23, if applicable):

Not sure if applicable, but all my test happened in AppVM using fedora-25

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Expected behavior:

When running qvm-copy-to-vm with the wrong argument, eg. qvm-copy-to-vm $file $toVM instead of qvm-copy-to-vm $toVM $file, the tool should error out saying something like:

Error: no file or directory named $toVM found
usage: qvm-copy-to-vm [--without-progess] dest_vmname file [file...]

Actual behavior:

The only error showned is:

Request refused

The result is that you end-up digging into your policy to understand why on earth you can't send something from this VM when the policy clearly state $any $any ask :)

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Invert the argument in qvm-copy-to-vm

[cartman4]

I cant copy or move any files to other VMs since the last update (tried current-testing which seams to be RC-5 now and a the dom0-current repo of RC-4) i only get Request refused message when trying from terminal or nothing happens if i try it using the GUI

[cartman4]

I cant copy or move any files to other VMs since the last update (tried current-testing which seams to be RC-5 now and a the dom0-current repo of RC-4) i only get Request refused message when trying from terminal or nothing happens if i try it using the GUI

[unman]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:35:05AM -0700, cartman4 wrote: I cant copy or move any files to other VMs since the last update (tried current-testing which seams to be RC-5 now and a the dom0-current repo of RC-4) i only get `Request refused` message when trying from terminal or nothing happens if i try it using the GUI

Have a look at the policy file in /etc/qubes-rpc/policy and make sure that the qube you are using is covered there.

[unman]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:35:05AM -0700, cartman4 wrote: I cant copy or move any files to other VMs since the last update (tried current-testing which seams to be RC-5 now and a the dom0-current repo of RC-4) i only get `Request refused` message when trying from terminal or nothing happens if i try it using the GUI

Have a look at the policy file in /etc/qubes-rpc/policy and make sure that the qube you are using is covered there.

[marmarek]

@cartman4 Are you sure you have installed updates in both dom0 and template? There should be qubes-core-dom0 4.0.24 (dom0) and qubes-core-agent 4.0.24 (template). And restarted VMs?
In some cases (depending on previous version) system restart might be required.

BTW This is different than original issue. I believe original issue is resolved by introducing qvm-copy/qvm-move tools, which do not have VM name argument at all.

[marmarek]

@cartman4 Are you sure you have installed updates in both dom0 and template? There should be qubes-core-dom0 4.0.24 (dom0) and qubes-core-agent 4.0.24 (template). And restarted VMs?
In some cases (depending on previous version) system restart might be required.

BTW This is different than original issue. I believe original issue is resolved by introducing qvm-copy/qvm-move tools, which do not have VM name argument at all.

[cartman4]

thanks marmarek. missed updating templates to same version.

[cartman4]

thanks marmarek. missed updating templates to same version.