Is it possible to use Whonix in Live-Mode while somehow be able to access a persistent file/folder

thanksforeverything · January 11, 2022, 10:34pm

Hey there,

I am somewhat unsure that this is the right category, but the others doesn’t seem to be fitting too.

If somebody would use Virtualbox Whonix Workstation in Live-Mode and still would like to be able to take notes or save a screenshot. How could that be accomplished? Something like the Tails Persistent Storage option would be awesome…

I was thinking about attaching a USB with passthrough to access a location, but that seems not recommended. Another idea was to use an online tool/cloud storage (which could be accessed through the browser) but that brings up other security disadvantages. Would love to hear your ideas or approaches.

This is specifically asked for non-Qubes-Whonix.

Patrick · January 11, 2022, 9:41pm

We don’t have that documented. Help welcome!

Approaches where it seems to be these would have good success chances:

A) Add a separate hard drive.

“forget” about live mode for a while
Debian in a VM (not Whonix for simplicity)
figure out how to add a second virtual hard drive and how to use it
do the same with Whonix persistent
do the same with Whonix Live

In that order for the sake of:

B) re-mount read-write

As long as the drive isn’t set to read-only mode and as long as you have sudo access, in theory you should be able to re-mount a specific folder with read/write.