[GH-ISSUE #2878] Discord fails to load using --profile=

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Originally created by @BobMacpherson on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2878

I am using firejail commit 50fc318
I have copied the /etc/firejail/discord.profile to ~/.config/firejail and named it discord-2.profile
I changed the following in the profile

noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2
mkdir ${HOME}/.config/discord-2
whitelist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2

I copied my ~/.config/discord folder to ~/.config/discord-2
When i use
firejail --profile=~/.config/firejail/discord-2.profile discord
It launches but after about 5 seconds the screen just turnes grey and discord never loads
Using discord by its self loads
Using firejail discord by it self loads
But when pointing it to the discord-2 profile and ~/.config/discord-2 it never loads.

Originally created by @BobMacpherson on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2878 I am using firejail commit 50fc318 I have copied the /etc/firejail/discord.profile to ~/.config/firejail and named it discord-2.profile I changed the following in the profile ``` noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 mkdir ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 whitelist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 ``` I copied my ~/.config/discord folder to ~/.config/discord-2 When i use `firejail --profile=~/.config/firejail/discord-2.profile discord` It launches but after about 5 seconds the screen just turnes grey and discord never loads Using `discord` by its self loads Using `firejail discord` by it self loads But when pointing it to the discord-2 profile and ~/.config/discord-2 it never loads.

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2026-05-05 08:28:23 -06:00

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

@BobMacpherson how do you say discord that it has to load the config from ${HOME}/.config/discord-2?

And what's your plan? Why do you need this?

Output from touch ${HOME}/.config/discord?

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): @BobMacpherson how do you say discord that it has to load the config from `${HOME}/.config/discord-2`? And what's your plan? Why do you need this? Output from `touch ${HOME}/.config/discord`?

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2026-05-05 08:28:24 -06:00

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@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

how do you say discord that it has to load the config from ${HOME}/.config/discord-2?

In the profile have told firejail to point to the discord-2 folder.

noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2
mkdir ${HOME}/.config/discord-2
whitelist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2

And what's your plan? Why do you need this?

I want to run discord with multiple profiles, but i do not want to maintain 2-3 different discord versions using canary or ptb. There should be no reason i cannot use firejail and discord to load a second profile in to a sandbox and load it from there using the same discord binary

Output from touch ${HOME}/.config/discord?

There is no output, the folder already exists.

@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): > how do you say discord that it has to load the config from ${HOME}/.config/discord-2? In the profile have told firejail to point to the discord-2 folder. ``` noblacklist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 mkdir ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 whitelist ${HOME}/.config/discord-2 ``` >And what's your plan? Why do you need this? I want to run discord with multiple profiles, but i do not want to maintain 2-3 different discord versions using canary or ptb. There should be no reason i cannot use firejail and discord to load a second profile in to a sandbox and load it from there using the same discord binary >Output from touch ${HOME}/.config/discord? There is no output, the folder already exists.

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2026-05-05 08:28:25 -06:00

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

In the profile have told firejail to point to the discord-2 folder.

????????

I think you misunderstood something and should have a look at the documentations.

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): > In the profile have told firejail to point to the discord-2 folder. **????????** I think you misunderstood something and should have a look at the documentations.

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2026-05-05 08:28:25 -06:00

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

If you want two discord profiles you need --private or a discord build in option (don't know if exists).

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): If you want two discord profiles you need `--private` or a discord build in option (don't know if exists).

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:28:26 -06:00

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@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

As stated in the documentation,
https://firejail.wordpress.com/documentation-2/building-custom-profiles/
https://firejail.wordpress.com/features-3/man-firejail-profile/
Changing the profile to load a whitelisted folder, should make this folder is exposed in the sandbox

@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): As stated in the documentation, https://firejail.wordpress.com/documentation-2/building-custom-profiles/ https://firejail.wordpress.com/features-3/man-firejail-profile/ Changing the profile to load a whitelisted folder, should make this folder is exposed in the sandbox

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2026-05-05 08:28:26 -06:00

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

Changing the profile to load a whitelisted folder, should make this folder is exposed in the sandbox

Yes, but how does discord know to use .config/discord-2 instead of .config/discord?

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): > Changing the profile to load a whitelisted folder, should make this folder is exposed in the sandbox Yes, but how does discord know to use `.config/discord-2` instead of `.config/discord`?

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 08:28:27 -06:00

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@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

Per the "Building Custom Profiles"
Whitelisting ~/.config/discord-2 should bootstarap it in the sandbox.

--private

This does not inherit any themeing present in the host.

@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): Per the "Building Custom Profiles" Whitelisting ~/.config/discord-2 should bootstarap it in the sandbox. >--private This does not inherit any themeing present in the host.

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@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

Whitelisting ~/.config/discord-2 should bootstarap it in the sandbox.

yes, but discord won't ever use that path - making it useless

if your goal is to run multiple instances of discord at at time then you should use --private like @rusty-snake said

something like
$ firejail --private=/home/$user/discord-1 /usr/bin/discord
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$ firejail --private=/home/$user/discord-2 /usr/bin/discord

@SkewedZeppelin commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): > Whitelisting ~/.config/discord-2 should bootstarap it in the sandbox. yes, but discord won't ever use that path - making it useless if your goal is to run multiple instances of discord at at time then you should use --private like @rusty-snake [said](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2878#issuecomment-516114746) something like `$ firejail --private=/home/$user/discord-1 /usr/bin/discord` and `$ firejail --private=/home/$user/discord-2 /usr/bin/discord`

gitea-mirror commented

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

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@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

--private does not inherit anything from the host profile. All theme and scripting is lost.
Using the exact same config as running it without --private, inherits everything given in the profile

@BobMacpherson commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): --private does not inherit anything from the host profile. All theme and scripting is lost. Using the exact same config as running it without --private, inherits everything given in the profile

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

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

--private does not inherit anything from the host profile

profile: firejail profile or discord profile?

All theme and scripting is lost.

You mean GTK+ themes, ...? Yes thats right
Or do you mean themes/scripts inside from discord?

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): > --private does not inherit anything from the host profile profile: firejail profile or discord profile? > All theme and scripting is lost. You mean GTK+ themes, ...? Yes thats right Or do you mean themes/scripts inside from discord?

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

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2019):

@BobMacpherson I'm closing here due to inactivity, please fell free to reopen if you have more questions.

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2019): @BobMacpherson I'm closing here due to inactivity, please fell free to reopen if you have more questions.

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