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[GH-ISSUE #3919] xdg-open inside a jail can't open URLs in (not jailed) Firefox #2457

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opened 2026-05-05 09:08:27 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @faern on GitHub (Jan 26, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3919

I'm not running Firefox inside firejail. But I want to be able to click on links in other programs that are running inside a firejail jail. However it does not work. Just starting a shell in a jail with the default profile can reproduce the issue:

$ firejail
$ xdg-open https://example.com

Gives me an error dialogue saying:

Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

With --noprofile xdg-open does work. I'm pretty sure it's the blocked access to ~/.mozilla that is the problem here. Is there maybe a way to make xdg-open work without letting the jail access my firefox config folder? Even if this is unfixable the issue can be something people find when they try to search online for this problem.

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Fedora 33 Workstation
Firejail 0.9.64

Originally created by @faern on GitHub (Jan 26, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3919 I'm not running Firefox inside firejail. But I want to be able to click on links in other programs that are running inside a firejail jail. However it does not work. Just starting a shell in a jail with the default profile can reproduce the issue: ``` $ firejail $ xdg-open https://example.com ``` Gives me an error dialogue saying: > Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible. With `--noprofile` `xdg-open` does work. I'm pretty sure it's the blocked access to `~/.mozilla` that is the problem here. Is there maybe a way to make `xdg-open` work without letting the jail access my firefox config folder? Even if this is unfixable the issue can be something people find when they try to search online for this problem. **Environment** - Fedora 33 Workstation - Firejail 0.9.64

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2021):

Everything: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues?q=open+links
Summary: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3471#issuecomment-646582480

Is there maybe a way to make xdg-open work without letting the jail access my firefox config folder?

https://github.com/glitsj16/firejail-handler-http
https://github.com/glitsj16/firejail-handler-extra

https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3881#issuecomment-805760626

https://github.com/rusty-snake/fireurl

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2021): Everything: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues?q=open+links Summary: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3471#issuecomment-646582480 > Is there maybe a way to make xdg-open work without letting the jail access my firefox config folder? https://github.com/glitsj16/firejail-handler-http https://github.com/glitsj16/firejail-handler-extra https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3881#issuecomment-805760626 https://github.com/rusty-snake/fireurl

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2026-05-05 09:08:30 -06:00

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021):

FYI: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3881#issuecomment-805760626

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021): FYI: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3881#issuecomment-805760626

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[PR #2457] [MERGED] Harden ffmpeg.profile #4325

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