[GH-ISSUE #1601] Unable to save files to symlinked Downloads directory #1071

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opened 2026-05-05 07:24:59 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment

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Originally created by @bitnom on GitHub (Oct 10, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1601

I created a link from ~/Downloads to an external hard drive to save my nvme drive from excessive writes and firejail won't save to it.

Originally created by @bitnom on GitHub (Oct 10, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1601 I created a link from ~/Downloads to an external hard drive to save my nvme drive from excessive writes and firejail won't save to it.

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017):

The directory on the external hard drive has to be owned by your local user. For example, if you have your external hard drive mounted on /mnt, create a Downloads directory there and change the owner:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/Downloads
$ sudo chown netblue:netblue /mnt/Downloads

Add the symlink:

$ ln -s /mnt/Downloads ~/Downloads

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Oct 11, 2017): The directory on the external hard drive has to be owned by your local user. For example, if you have your external hard drive mounted on /mnt, create a Downloads directory there and change the owner: ````` $ sudo mkdir /mnt/Downloads $ sudo chown netblue:netblue /mnt/Downloads ````` Add the symlink: ````` $ ln -s /mnt/Downloads ~/Downloads `````

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