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[GH-ISSUE #685] `--overlay` creates files owned by root. Should it? #470

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opened 2026-05-05 05:55:27 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 3 comments

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Originally created by @vn971 on GitHub (Aug 5, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/685

see subj. It's a bit inconvenient because I can't delete files then.
Thoughts?

Originally created by @vn971 on GitHub (Aug 5, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/685 see subj. It's a bit inconvenient because I can't delete files then. Thoughts?

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2026-05-05 05:55:33 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2016):

I need it as root, otherwise overlayfs will not work. I put in a new command line option --overlay-clean that removes all the overlays in ~/.firejail

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2016): I need it as root, otherwise overlayfs will not work. I put in a new command line option --overlay-clean that removes all the overlays in ~/.firejail

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2026-05-05 05:55:35 -06:00

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@vn971 commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2016):

@netblue30 Thanks for the explanations!
Can firejail make all directory owners as root:user, and make the group able to modify the files (chmod g+rw)?

@vn971 commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2016): @netblue30 Thanks for the explanations! Can firejail make all directory owners as `root:user`, and make the group able to modify the files (`chmod g+rw`)?

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2026-05-05 05:55:37 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2016):

I'll look into it, but is very unlikely. It has something to do with the way they implemented overlayfs.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2016): I'll look into it, but is very unlikely. It has something to do with the way they implemented overlayfs.

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[GH-ISSUE #685] --overlay creates files owned by root. Should it? #470

[GH-ISSUE #685] `--overlay` creates files owned by root. Should it? #470