[GH-ISSUE #6626] --private isn't enough to prevent generating dot files #3315

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6626

Using --private isn't enough to prevent generating dot files, i.e, files whose names start by a dot (.) in home directory, it needs --noprofile with --private e.g, for Firefox browser.

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6626 Using --private isn't enough to prevent generating dot files, i.e, files whose names start by a dot (.) in home directory, it needs --noprofile with --private e.g, for Firefox browser.
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@kmk3 commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025):

Duplicate of #903

<!-- gh-comment-id:2606461679 --> @kmk3 commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025): Duplicate of #903
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025):

Duplicate of #903

Why can --noprofile in addition to --private prevent generating dotfiles?

<!-- gh-comment-id:2607315693 --> @ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025): > Duplicate of [#903](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/903) Why can --noprofile in addition to --private prevent generating dotfiles?
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@rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025):

Why can --noprofile in addition to --private prevent generating dotfiles?

Because there is no mkdir anymore as no profile is used. If you use --private --profile=left-profile, you will see other dotfiles than with --private --profile=right-profile.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2607363061 --> @rusty-snake commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2025): > Why can --noprofile in addition to --private prevent generating dotfiles? Because there is no `mkdir` anymore as no profile is used. If you use `--private --profile=left-profile`, you will see other dotfiles than with `--private --profile=right-profile`.
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