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[GH-ISSUE #2434] Firejail only runs as root? OpenSuse #1617

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opened 2026-05-05 08:16:24 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 3 comments

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2434

Hi! I'm currently trying to run firejail on Opensuse Tumbleweed, but I find that I can only run it as root. Given that I use the mate desktop with x11, this is a huge issue for me. I have xpra and zephyr both installed, and all dependencies as well. However, if I try to run firejail without root I get this error:
$ /usr/bin/firejail: Permission Denied

Meanwhile, if I try to run root, I get the error that I can't run firejail as root on x11

Can someone please help me out? I get the feeling that I could use chown on that folder, but then that might cause issues. If someone could please let me know I'd be very grateful. Thank you

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2434 Hi! I'm currently trying to run firejail on Opensuse Tumbleweed, but I find that I can only run it as root. Given that I use the mate desktop with x11, this is a huge issue for me. I have xpra and zephyr both installed, and all dependencies as well. However, if I try to run firejail without root I get this error: $ /usr/bin/firejail: Permission Denied Meanwhile, if I try to run root, I get the error that I can't run firejail as root on x11 Can someone please help me out? I get the feeling that I could use chown on that folder, but then that might cause issues. If someone could please let me know I'd be very grateful. Thank you

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2026-05-05 08:16:26 -06:00

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@smitsohu commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019):

Can you post the output of ls -l /usr/bin/firejail

@smitsohu commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019): Can you post the output of `ls -l /usr/bin/firejail`

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:16:27 -06:00

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@Vincent43 commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019):

AFAIK on openSUSE firejail acces is restricted to firejail system group. You have to add your user to that group in order to use it.

@Vincent43 commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2019): AFAIK on openSUSE firejail acces is restricted to `firejail` system group. You have to add your user to that group in order to use it.

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2026-05-05 08:16:28 -06:00

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@matu3ba commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2019):

@BARNWEY Could you provide feedback?
Otherwise this can be probably closed.

@matu3ba commented on GitHub (Jun 21, 2019): @BARNWEY Could you provide feedback? Otherwise this can be probably closed.

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[PR #1617] [CLOSED] Merge pull request #1 from netblue30/master #4035

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