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opened 2026-05-05 09:49:20 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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2026-05-05 09:49:20 -06:00

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Originally created by @gioele on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6152

Problem description

Firejail profiles are currently stored in /etc/firejail/ (or /usr/local/etc/firejail/) and ~/.config/firejail/. This is not compatible with stateless systems and hermetic builds, in which distro-provided packages only ship files under /usr/, including default configuration files.

In addition, files in /etc are supposed to be owned by the system administrator and freely editable. Firejail's wiki states that profiles should not be modified

Modifying a profile file (.profile) in /etc/firejail is discouraged. Changes will be overwritten when you update Firejail

so it would make more sense to have the default profiles in /usr.

Proposed solution

In addition to searching for profiles in ~/.config/firejail/ and /etc/firejail/, Firejail should also search in /usr/lib/firejail/.

Distribution packages will install their files in /usr/lib/firejail/, system administators in /etc/firejail, and non-admin users in ~/.config/firejail.

Originally created by @gioele on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6152 ### Problem description Firejail profiles are currently stored in `/etc/firejail/` (or `/usr/local/etc/firejail/`) and `~/.config/firejail/`. This is not compatible with stateless systems and hermetic builds, in which distro-provided packages only ship files under `/usr/`, including default configuration files. In addition, files in `/etc` are supposed to be owned by the system administrator and freely editable. [Firejail's wiki states that profiles should not be modified](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Creating-overrides#when-to-use-overrides) > Modifying a profile file (.profile) in /etc/firejail is discouraged. Changes will be overwritten when you update Firejail so it would make more sense to have the default profiles in `/usr`. ### Proposed solution In addition to searching for profiles in `~/.config/firejail/` and `/etc/firejail/`, Firejail should also search in `/usr/lib/firejail/`. Distribution packages will install their files in `/usr/lib/firejail/`, system administators in `/etc/firejail`, and non-admin users in `~/.config/firejail`.

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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024):

Duplicate of #4871

@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024): Duplicate of #4871

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 09:49:25 -06:00

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@gioele commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024):

Thanks @rusty-snake for the pointer.

@gioele commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2024): Thanks @rusty-snake for the pointer.

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