[qubes-users] Where to configure target dir of `qvm-move`/`qvm-copy` (`/home/user/QubesIncomming`)?

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See subject line - I'd like to remap the `/home/user` bit to `/tmp` to
enforce cleanup ...

Thanks for any pointers.

Joh

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'Johannes Graumann' via qubes-users:

See subject line - I'd like to remap the `/home/user` bit to `/tmp` to
enforce cleanup ...

Not user configurable as far as I know. Think you'd have to identify the VM component responsible for receiving a qvm-moved/copied file, then edit the source?

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See subject line - I'd like to remap the `/home/user` bit to `/tmp` to
enforce cleanup ...

Thanks for any pointers.

Joh

In /rw/config/rc.local, you can create /tmp/QubesIncoming. Then replace ~/QubesIncoming with a symlink to /tmp/QubesIncoming

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Good strategy, I'll try that. Thank you.

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This *.sls works nicely:

configure `rc.local` to remove any present `QubesIncoming`:
  file.replace:
    - name: /rw/config/rc.local
    - pattern: '^rm -rf /home/user/QubesIncoming$'
    - repl: 'rm -rf /home/user/QubesIncoming'
    - append_if_not_found: True 

configure `rc.local` to create `/tmp/QubesIncoming`:
  file.replace:
    - name: /rw/config/rc.local
    - pattern: '^install -d -o user -g user -m 770 /tmp/QubesIncoming$'
    - repl: 'install -d -o user -g user -m 770 /tmp/QubesIncoming'
    - append_if_not_found: True 

configure `rc.local` to link `/tmp/QubesIncoming` to $HOME:
  file.replace:
    - name: /rw/config/rc.local
    - pattern: '^ln -s /tmp/QubesIncoming /home/user/QubesIncoming$'
    - repl: 'ln -s /tmp/QubesIncoming /home/user/QubesIncoming'
    - append_if_not_found: True 

configure `rc.local` to properly chown the link:
  file.replace:
    - name: /rw/config/rc.local
    - pattern: '^chown -h user:user /home/user/QubesIncoming$'
    - repl: 'chown -h user:user /home/user/QubesIncoming'
    - append_if_not_found: True

It generates this code block in `/rw/config/rc.local`:

rm -rf /home/user/QubesIncoming
install -d -o user -g user -m 770 /tmp/QubesIncoming
ln -s /tmp/QubesIncoming /home/user/QubesIncoming
chown -h user:user /home/user/QubesIncoming
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