{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324/events","html_url":"https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324","id":110881711,"number":1324,"title":"provide an easy command line tool for copying between vm and dom0","user":{"login":"adrelanos","id":1985040,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1985040?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos","html_url":"https://github.com/adrelanos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":13,"created_at":"2015-10-11T20:49:21Z","updated_at":"2015-11-03T22:48:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"(At the Tor summer dev meeting,) @bnvk, @mfc and I agreed that the instructions from https://www.qubes-os.org/en/doc/copy-to-dom0/, i.e. the command `qvm-run --pass-io <src_domain> 'cat /path/to/file_in_src_domain' > /path/to/file_name_in_dom0` and philosophy `we intentionally do not provide a convenient tool for copying files between VMs and Dom0` should be replaced with something more usable.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion, making even the command line difficult to use (even advanced users have to look up that syntax), adds extra difficulty to debugging issues (where dom0 logs need to be shared)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/comments/153513665","html_url":"https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324#issuecomment-153513665","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1324","id":153513665,"user":{"login":"adrelanos","id":1985040,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1985040?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos","html_url":"https://github.com/adrelanos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/adrelanos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-03T22:48:54Z","updated_at":"2015-11-03T22:48:54Z","body":"Joanna Rutkowska:\n> If we concluded we absolutely needed a tool in Dom0 (for easier)\n> transfer of files to Dom0, then I like the idea Patrick proposed with\n> requiring an explicit --insecure switch (even if the tool was only\n> for transferring files to Dom0 and had no other purpose).\n\nBut now I am disagreeing with my earlier self. :)\n\nMinor point... I was wondering how it would work out on a mailing\nlist... Users are told then to use the tool for copying between vm and\ndom0 and adding the --insecure switch. Then we'd get follow up questions\nand need to explain \"oh, in this case, that's okay'. Not a huge issue,\nalso not great.\n\n@bnvk any idea?\n\n'--i-know' perhaps? :)\n\nAnyhow. Let's not get lost in this. I'll go with whatever you judge best.\n"}}