From e7905986e35d77d99bf40c453d2c3887f95685a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axon Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 09:24:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] CopyPaste changed Added section on dom0 --- CopyPaste.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/CopyPaste.md b/CopyPaste.md index 7048d35a..062e8ae8 100644 --- a/CopyPaste.md +++ b/CopyPaste.md @@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ See also [​this article](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/03/partit And [​this message](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/msg/48b4b532cee06e01) from qubes-devel. +Copy/Paste between dom0 and other domains +----------------------------------------- + +Copy/Paste between dom0 and other domains is intentionally prohibited by default. There should normally be no reason for any data exchange between dom0 and other VMs (except for the reporting of error logs). In order to easily copy/paste the contents of logs from dom0 to the inter-VM clipboard: + +1. Right-click on the desired VM in the Qubes VM Manager. +2. Click "Logs." +3. Click on the desired log. +4. Click "Copy to Qubes clipboard." + +You may now paste the log contents to any VM as you normally would (i.e., Ctrl-Shift-V, then Ctrl-V). + +For data other than logs, there are two options: + +1. [Copy it as a file.](/wiki/CopyToDomZero) +2. Paste the data to `/var/run/qubes/qubes-clipboard.bin`, then write "dom0" to `/var/run/qubes/qubes-clipboard.bin.source`. Then use Ctrl-Shift-V to paste the data to the desired VM. + Clipboard automatic policy enforcement --------------------------------------