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Document change in TemplateVM home directory inheritance behavior #3196

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pietrushnic opened this Issue Oct 19, 2017 · 6 comments

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pietrushnic commented Oct 19, 2017

Qubes OS version:

R4.0

Affected TemplateVMs:

fedora-25

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. qvm-start fedora-25 && qvm-run fedora-25 gnome-terminal
  2. In fedora-25 touch ${HOME}/foobar
  3. qvm-shutdown fedora-25
  4. qvm-start fedora-25 && qvm-shutdown fedora-25 because of other bug
  5. qvm-create --template fedora-25 test
  6. Check if ${HOME}/foobar exist

Expected behavior:

foobar should exist

Actual behavior:

foobar does not exist

General notes:

Even hardware reboot doesn't help in that case.

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@marmarek: Did this behavior change in 4.0? If so, then we can use this issue to track updating the documentation here. If not, then this seems like a bug. Assuming the latter for initial classification.
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andrewdavidwong commented Oct 19, 2017

@marmarek: Did this behavior change in 4.0? If so, then we can use this issue to track updating the documentation here. If not, then this seems like a bug. Assuming the latter for initial classification.

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@pietrushnic: Does this work as expected on templates other than fedora-25?
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@pietrushnic: Does this work as expected on templates other than fedora-25?
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Yes, the behavior have changed, see #1335 for some discussion (slightly outdated...).
The correct place for default home directory for new VMs is /etc/skel.
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marmarek commented Oct 19, 2017

Yes, the behavior have changed, see #1335 for some discussion (slightly outdated...).
The correct place for default home directory for new VMs is /etc/skel.
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Ok, changing this to a documentation issue.
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andrewdavidwong commented Oct 20, 2017

Ok, changing this to a documentation issue.

@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong changed the title from No sync from templatevm to appvm while creating to Document change in TemplateVM home directory inheritance behavior Oct 20, 2017

@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong added C: doc task and removed bug C: core labels Oct 20, 2017

@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong modified the milestones: Release 4.0, Documentation/website Oct 20, 2017

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@andrewdavidwong I'm playing with /etc/skel and it also doesn't seem to work.

Template:

[2:27:08] user:~ $ ls -al /etc/skel 
total 44
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Oct 20 02:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 121 root root 12288 Oct 20 02:27 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    18 Sep 30  2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   193 Sep 30  2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   231 Sep 30  2016 .bashrc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    33 Oct 20 02:10 .gitconfig -> /home/user/src/dotfiles/gitconfig
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Jul 29 11:46 .mozilla
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    24 Oct 20 02:12 .oh-my-zsh -> /home/user/src/oh-my-zsh
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    24 Oct 20 02:10 .spf13-vim-3 -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim
drwxrwxr-x   2 user user  4096 Oct 20 02:09 .ssh
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    33 Oct 20 02:10 .tmux.conf -> /home/user/src/dotfiles/tmux.conf
drwxrwxr-x   3 user user  4096 Oct 20 02:10 .vim
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    37 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.before -> /home/user/.spf13-vim-3/.vimrc.before
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    44 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.before.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.before.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    38 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.bundles -> /home/user/.spf13-vim-3/.vimrc.bundles
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    45 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.bundles.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.bundles.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    37 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    30 Oct 20 02:12 .zshrc -> /home/user/src/oh-my-zsh/zshrc
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Oct 20 02:21 src

AppVM based on above template:

[user@coreboot-dev-f25]~% ls -al $HOME
total 80
drwx------ 14 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Oct 20 02:26 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 user user   18 Sep 30  2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  193 Sep 30  2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  231 Sep 30  2016 .bashrc
drwxrwxr-x  3 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .cache
drwx------  8 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .config
-rw-------  1 user user   16 Oct 20 02:26 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x  3 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .local
drwxr-xr-x  4 user user 4096 Jul 29 11:46 .mozilla
-rw-rw-r--  1 user user 8143 Oct 20 02:26 .xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Videos

In /etc/skel of app vm contain all necessary.

pietrushnic commented Oct 20, 2017

@andrewdavidwong I'm playing with /etc/skel and it also doesn't seem to work.

Template:

[2:27:08] user:~ $ ls -al /etc/skel 
total 44
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Oct 20 02:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 121 root root 12288 Oct 20 02:27 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    18 Sep 30  2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   193 Sep 30  2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   231 Sep 30  2016 .bashrc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    33 Oct 20 02:10 .gitconfig -> /home/user/src/dotfiles/gitconfig
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Jul 29 11:46 .mozilla
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    24 Oct 20 02:12 .oh-my-zsh -> /home/user/src/oh-my-zsh
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    24 Oct 20 02:10 .spf13-vim-3 -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim
drwxrwxr-x   2 user user  4096 Oct 20 02:09 .ssh
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    33 Oct 20 02:10 .tmux.conf -> /home/user/src/dotfiles/tmux.conf
drwxrwxr-x   3 user user  4096 Oct 20 02:10 .vim
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    37 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.before -> /home/user/.spf13-vim-3/.vimrc.before
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    44 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.before.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.before.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    38 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.bundles -> /home/user/.spf13-vim-3/.vimrc.bundles
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    45 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.bundles.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.bundles.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    37 Oct 20 02:10 .vimrc.local -> /home/user/src/spf13-vim/.vimrc.local
lrwxrwxrwx   1 user user    30 Oct 20 02:12 .zshrc -> /home/user/src/oh-my-zsh/zshrc
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root  4096 Oct 20 02:21 src

AppVM based on above template:

[user@coreboot-dev-f25]~% ls -al $HOME
total 80
drwx------ 14 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Oct 20 02:26 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 user user   18 Sep 30  2016 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  193 Sep 30  2016 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  231 Sep 30  2016 .bashrc
drwxrwxr-x  3 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .cache
drwx------  8 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .config
-rw-------  1 user user   16 Oct 20 02:26 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x  3 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 .local
drwxr-xr-x  4 user user 4096 Jul 29 11:46 .mozilla
-rw-rw-r--  1 user user 8143 Oct 20 02:26 .xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Music
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Templates
drwxr-xr-x  2 user user 4096 Oct 20 02:26 Videos

In /etc/skel of app vm contain all necessary.
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Have you created that AppVM after template's modifications? Have you powered off the template for this?
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marmarek commented Oct 20, 2017

Have you created that AppVM after template's modifications? Have you powered off the template for this?

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Files from `/etc/skel` not copied #3771

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