Backup/Restore issue

[Claudio Chinicz]

Hi,

I've created an oathtool AppVM following instructions from here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multifactor-authentication/

On the Fedora-30-minimal template I've also installed Nautilus file manager and Gedit to easy my process of token creation.

I tested it and it worked as designed. Then I want to test backup/recovery before I would rely on this to store my tokens.

To my surprise, when I restored the OTP VM together with it's template the applications (file manager and text editor) did not show up as available applications.

I had to open a terminal on the template and run again dnf install. Although they were not installed again (because they were present when I backed up), after running dnf install Qubes "remembered" they were there as if were notified just then.

Did I miss something when I backed up? Or is this behaviour expected?

Thanks

[scurge1tl]

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Claudio Chinicz:

Are you sure you installed the oathtool and other apps in the
Fedora-30 template and not in the AppVM?

Once you install the packages in the Fedora-30 template, shutdown the
template. Once the template is switched off, start the AppVM based on
Fedora-30 and you should see the packages available (in all Fedora-30
AppVMs based on that template).

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[Claudio Chinicz]

Yep. When I first installed the apps on the template and afterwards shut it off I saw the apps in the AppVM.

The issue happened when I've restored. And, again, I did not reinstall the apps in the template, they were already there. The dnf install command resulted in no change but it somehow "reminded" Qubes they exist and so I could use the again as UI/windows.

Regards