[GH-ISSUE #550] firejail x11 and openbox #385

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Originally created by @deb75 on GitHub (May 31, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/550

Hello,

I followed the X11 tutorial to run firejail with --x11 option, which recommends to run openbox first.

So what I do is : firejail --x11=xephyr ... openbox.

And then, inside openbox I manage to open one web browser.

However, by doing so, firejail applies the openbox profile, whereas it would better to apply the web browser profile (or both).

What do you think is good to do ? Maybe by creating a custom profile merging that of openbox and browser ?

One small issue with openbox I would like to point to is the default profile. In "diable-common.inc", in latest firejail version, the files .config/openbox/{autostart,environment} are blacklisted, is there any special reason for that ?

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Originally created by @deb75 on GitHub (May 31, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/550 Hello, I followed the X11 tutorial to run firejail with --x11 option, which recommends to run openbox first. So what I do is : firejail --x11=xephyr ... openbox. And then, inside openbox I manage to open one web browser. However, by doing so, firejail applies the openbox profile, whereas it would better to apply the web browser profile (or both). What do you think is good to do ? Maybe by creating a custom profile merging that of openbox and browser ? # One small issue with openbox I would like to point to is the default profile. In "diable-common.inc", in latest firejail version, the files .config/openbox/{autostart,environment} are blacklisted, is there any special reason for that ? Regards

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (May 31, 2016):

Yes, use the browser profile:

$ firejail --x11=xephyr --profile=/etc/firejail/iceweasel.profile openbox

the files .config/openbox/{autostart,environment} are blacklisted

The idea is to have autostart files for most window manager/desktop environments disabled by default.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (May 31, 2016): Yes, use the browser profile: ``` $ firejail --x11=xephyr --profile=/etc/firejail/iceweasel.profile openbox ``` > the files .config/openbox/{autostart,environment} are blacklisted The idea is to have autostart files for most window manager/desktop environments disabled by default.

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