Setup a shared folder between UT and Waydroid

captainfunk

Hi everyone

I've tried to setup a shared folder between UT and waydroid so I can easily and quickly share files without using the terminal. I want to be able to use easily this share folder in the graphical app Files of Ubuntu Touch.

I've kinda followed this link : https://docs.waydro.id/faq/setting-up-a-shared-folder

So i have first created two directories : ~/shared and ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/shared
Then I have done the commands :

sudo mount --bind ~/shared ~/.local/share/waydroid/data/media/0/shared
sudo chown phablet:phablet shared

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ls -l | grep shared
drwxrwxr-x 2 phablet phablet  4096 juin   7 01:04 shared
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

It only works for one file, then the permissions automatically change to 1023 and I'm not authorised to continue sharing files :

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ls -l | grep shared
drwxrwxr-x 2    1023    1023  4096 juin   9 23:14 shared
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

So I have to do the chown command again for every file...

Furthermore, if I check the id command then I don't see which user is 1023 :

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ id
uid=32011(phablet) gid=32011(phablet) groups=32011(phablet),4(adm),5(tty),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),105(systemd-journal),1001(radio),1002(bluetooth),1003(android_graphics),1004(android_input),1005(audio),1013(android_media),1015(sdcard_rw),1021(gps),2001(android_cache),3002(android_net3),3003(android_net),3004(android_net2),9997(android_nvram)
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

And finally if I reboot UT I have to also re-do the mount --bind command...

I would like to make this shared folder persistent without having to re-do those commands every time, any ideas ?

Thanks

developerbayman

Does Ubuntu touch have a "autostart” feature?....if it already does not exist that could be a clickable....auto start clickable apps or run scripts.....surly someone did this already?

AppLee

@developerbayman said in Setup a shared folder between UT and Waydroid:

Does Ubuntu touch have a "autostart” feature?....if it already does not exist that could be a clickable....auto start clickable apps or run scripts.....surly someone did this already?

Not sure what you put behind "autostart feature", but Ubuntu Touch uses systemd to start services at boot time.

developerbayman

@AppLee a lot of distros usually have a settling app to auto start stuff initiated by the desktop after boot Linux mint, Ubuntu....most distros and windows have one simple add program/script button add the path to the file or script and starts after desktop boots

captainfunk

@developerbayman
Making a little script and make it autorun on startup could be a workaround to avoid doing the mount --bind command every time I reboot the phone but I don't know how to do this.
Still, for each file that I want to copy into the shared folder I have to do the chown command again and again, that's the most problematic thing