How to stop sys-whonix and sys-firewall from starting on boot?

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mar...@grrlz.net

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Jun 7, 2017, 4:24:40 PM6/7/17
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I have already disabled that option on the VM's settings and I have also
disabled automatic updates on Qubes Manager general settings but nothing
changed.
Any ideas?

Unman

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Jun 7, 2017, 6:35:42 PM6/7/17
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If you have any other qubes set to start automatically, then the upstream
qubes will be started too.
The default netvm is started automatically - you can stop this by
disabling the qubes-netvm service in dom0.

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Tomei Ningen

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Jun 7, 2017, 7:25:15 PM6/7/17
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Would this require a CLI command to disable or is this possible through Qubes Manager? I've noticed that whenever I deselect the "Start VM automatically on boot" option in the QM settings area [for sys-net and sys-firewall specifically] they still continue to boot up at system startup.

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TN


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Unman

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Jun 8, 2017, 6:53:38 AM6/8/17
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 07:25:01PM -0400, 'Tomei Ningen' via qubes-users wrote:
> Would this require a CLI command to disable or is this possible through Qubes Manager? I've noticed that whenever I deselect the "Start VM automatically on boot" option in the QM settings area [for sys-net and sys-firewall specifically] they still continue to boot up at system startup.
>
> Best,
> TN
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> Subject: Re: [qubes-users] How to stop sys-whonix and sys-firewall from starting on boot?
> Local Time: June 7, 2017 10:35 PM
> UTC Time: June 7, 2017 10:35 PM
> From: un...@thirdeyesecurity.org
> To: mar...@grrlz.net
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> On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 08:24:36PM +0000, mar...@grrlz.net wrote:
> > I have already disabled that option on the VM's settings and I have also
> > disabled automatic updates on Qubes Manager general settings but nothing
> > changed.
> > Any ideas?
>
> If you have any other qubes set to start automatically, then the upstream
> qubes will be started too.
> The default netvm is started automatically - you can stop this by
> disabling the qubes-netvm service in dom0.
>
> unman
>

No you will need to disable the service at command line in dom0. The
option isnt available in Qubes Manager.

unman

mar...@grrlz.net

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Jun 10, 2017, 8:32:08 AM6/10/17
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Are you referring to the qvm-service command? I think the start at boot
option is not included there...
If not then where is it?
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Unman

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Jun 10, 2017, 10:52:43 AM6/10/17
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Read the thread in full - the service is qubes-netvm.
qvm-prefs is for adjusting services in qubes.
In dom0 you can use the usual controls - 'systemctl disable qubes-netvm'
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