[GH-ISSUE #2132] vlc: why is $(DOCUMENTS) blacklisted? #1444

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opened 2026-05-05 08:06:28 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @mr-blobbyyy on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2132

Any media in the documents folder is not even browsable?

Originally created by @mr-blobbyyy on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2132 Any media in the documents folder is not even browsable?

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@Fred-Barclay commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018):

Generally speaking, we thought it was better to not allow access to documents.

You can change this pretty easily though -- just make a file /etc/firejail/vlc.local with the following line:

noblacklist ${DOCUMENTS}

After saving the file and restarting vlc, you should be able to access any media in your documents folder.

Cheers!
Fred

@Fred-Barclay commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018): Generally speaking, we thought it was better to not allow access to documents. You can change this pretty easily though -- just make a file `/etc/firejail/vlc.local` with the following line: ``` noblacklist ${DOCUMENTS} ``` After saving the file and restarting vlc, you should be able to access any media in your documents folder. Cheers! Fred

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2026-05-05 08:06:33 -06:00

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@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2018):

@mr-blobbyyy If @Fred-Barclay's solution doesn't work, please feel free to re-open!

@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2018): @mr-blobbyyy If @Fred-Barclay's solution doesn't work, please feel free to re-open!

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