I cannot save downloads from Tor - solved

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I cannot save downloads from Tor - solved

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As I understand things Tor is running in a container, which is good for security. However I cannot save a download. The Tor browser is set to download to /files/downloads, and it appears that is where the download goes, but when I open the folder the download is not visible.

Running Tor in MX or Mint allow saving files without issue.

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

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Re: I cannot save downloads from Tor

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@oliverjames ,

try the folder /files/shared.

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Re: I cannot save downloads from Tor

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FeodorF wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:43 pm

@oliverjames ,

try the folder /files/shared.

Hello Feodorf,
There was nothing in /files/shared but subsequently on another installation I did find the Tor download there.

Thank you

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Re: I cannot save downloads from Tor

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Maybe helpful ...
I know a similar issue when printing inside a firefox-container
" ... print ... destination ... CUPS-PDF" - no file ever seen again!
But:
"... print ... destination ... save-to-pdf"
allows me to choose the file-name and the destination properly

I assume you know these settings, here from my firefox-container:

/mnt/sda1/easyos/containers/firefox/configuration-202409310030 ...

EC_ACCESS_FOLDER='true'
EC_ACCESS_FOLDER_PATH='/files/shared'

For a test - can you use Tor to download a file maybe situated in a folder like ...
/mnt/sda1/easyos/containers/firefox/.session/mnt/sda1/easyos/files/downloads/
to open it by Tor from that path: /files/downloads

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Re: I cannot save downloads from Tor

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mann wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:09 pm

Maybe helpful ...
I know a similar issue when printing inside a firefox-container
" ... print ... destination ... CUPS-PDF" - no file ever seen again!
But:
"... print ... destination ... save-to-pdf"
allows me to choose the file-name and the destination properly

I assume you know these settings, here from my firefox-container:

/mnt/sda1/easyos/containers/firefox/configuration-202409310030 ...

EC_ACCESS_FOLDER='true'
EC_ACCESS_FOLDER_PATH='/files/shared'

For a test - can you use Tor to download a file maybe situated in a folder like ...
/mnt/sda1/easyos/containers/firefox/.session/mnt/sda1/easyos/files/downloads/
to open it by Tor from that path: /files/downloads

My apologies, This was solved by Theodorf's post but I'd forgotten to close the issue

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