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opened 2026-05-05 08:17:23 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 5 comments

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Originally created by @Futureknows on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2519

Several generic profiles (VLC, PIX) have become unable to access files in my /home/downloads/ folder. For instance if I try to launch a video in /home/ with VLC it can't access the directory. If I launch VLC without firejail it works as expected. Firefox works as expected in firejail..

I think some permissions got mucked up but I did a full Firejail scrub and reinstall from git.
Any clues?

Originally created by @Futureknows on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2519 Several generic profiles (VLC, PIX) have become unable to access files in my /home/downloads/ folder. For instance if I try to launch a video in /home/ with VLC it can't access the directory. If I launch VLC without firejail it works as expected. Firefox works as expected in firejail.. I think some permissions got mucked up but I did a full Firejail scrub and reinstall from git. Any clues?

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2026-05-05 08:17:26 -06:00

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@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019):

Is your Downloads folder named "Downloads", "Загрузки", "Téléchargement" or defined in your ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs?

@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019): Is your Downloads folder named "Downloads", "Загрузки", "Téléchargement" or defined in your ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs?

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2026-05-05 08:17:27 -06:00

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@Futureknows commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019):

Yes "Downloads", XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
I had to restore r/w permissions to home after a Timeshift, I believe this has to do with permissions but only occurs in certain firejails. Globals are default. When I use firestats to explore the file system of those FJs, it shows Download's permissions as root although firejail is running as user with full permissions.

@Futureknows commented on GitHub (Mar 6, 2019): Yes "Downloads", `XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"` I had to restore r/w permissions to home after a Timeshift, I believe this has to do with permissions but only occurs in certain firejails. Globals are default. When I use firestats to explore the file system of those FJs, it shows Download's permissions as root although firejail is running as user with full permissions.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:17:28 -06:00

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@FOSSONLY commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019):

Hm.. it looks like these profiles lacking an "whitelist ${DOWNLOADS}" entry.

@FOSSONLY commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019): Hm.. it looks like these profiles lacking an "whitelist ${DOWNLOADS}" entry.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:17:29 -06:00

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@Futureknows commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019):

OK, I manually whitelisted using whitelist ${DOWNLOADS}

@Futureknows commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019): OK, I manually whitelisted using `whitelist ${DOWNLOADS}`

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:17:30 -06:00

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@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019):

VLC and PIX don't have downloads whitelisted because they aren't whitelist profiles. Did you add a whitelist command to your globals or local?

@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2019): VLC and PIX don't have downloads whitelisted because they aren't whitelist profiles. Did you add a whitelist command to your globals or local?

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