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myuser not possible #478

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opened 2026-05-05 05:56:28 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 10 comments

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2026-05-05 05:56:28 -06:00

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Originally created by @frank-github on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/700

firejail --noprofile --whitelist=/home/myuser bash
firejail --noprofile --noblacklist=/home/myuser bash

but /home is still empty and firejail has mount a tempory home

how can I config firejail to let /home untouched/readable?

Originally created by @frank-github on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/700 firejail --noprofile --whitelist=/home/myuser bash firejail --noprofile --noblacklist=/home/myuser bash but /home is still empty and firejail has mount a tempory home how can I config firejail to let /home untouched/readable?

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gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:32 -06:00

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@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

The first gave me:

Parent pid 8797, child pid 8798
Error: file /home/chiraag is not in user home directory, exiting...
Error: cannot establish communication with the parent, exiting...

The second worked.
I'm using firejail 0.9.42~rc1

@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): The first gave me: ``` Parent pid 8797, child pid 8798 Error: file /home/chiraag is not in user home directory, exiting... Error: cannot establish communication with the parent, exiting... ``` The second worked. I'm using firejail 0.9.42~rc1

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:35 -06:00

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@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

hupps, forgot to write my used version :(

firejail version 0.9.40
maybe I have to wait for 0.9.42

@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): hupps, forgot to write my used version :( firejail version 0.9.40 maybe I have to wait for 0.9.42

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:37 -06:00

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@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

@frank-github What you are trying to do?
If /home/myuser is your home directory, then firejail --noprofile gives you full access to files in your home.

@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): @frank-github What you are trying to do? If `/home/myuser` is your home directory, then `firejail --noprofile` gives you full access to files in your home.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:39 -06:00

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@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

is it your home?

yes and no
/home/myuser is a symlink to another filesystem, where the real home-dir is located

fgrep myuser /etc/passwd
myuser: x :1000:1000:myuser,,,,:/media/daten/myuser:/bin/bash

/home$ ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 27 2014 myuser -> /media/daten/myuser

I want to run my pdfviewer behind firejail. but it doesn't find anything, if it is called with a file like /home/myuser/example.pdf
firejail create a temporary /home, which is empty

@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): > is it your home? yes and no /home/myuser is a symlink to another filesystem, where the real home-dir is located fgrep myuser /etc/passwd myuser: x :1000:1000:myuser,,,,:/media/daten/myuser:/bin/bash /home$ ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 27 2014 myuser -> /media/daten/myuser I want to run my pdfviewer behind firejail. but it doesn't find anything, if it is called with a file like /home/myuser/example.pdf firejail create a temporary /home, which is empty

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:41 -06:00

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@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 27 2014 myuser -> /media/daten/myuser

This is cause of problem. Firejail, for obvious reasons, is very strict when it comes to symlinks.
If I recall correctly, there was already some some talk about this matter.

@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Apr 27 2014 myuser -> /media/daten/myuser This is cause of problem. Firejail, for obvious reasons, is very strict when it comes to symlinks. If I recall correctly, there was already some some talk about this matter.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:44 -06:00

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@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

Here it is https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/277.

@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): Here it is https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/277.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:45 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

Yes, at this time we don't support home directories as symlinks.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): Yes, at this time we don't support home directories as symlinks.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:47 -06:00

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@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

if I would use a mountpoint for my /home/myuser instead of a symlink, would this be supported by firejail?
I'm not a linux expert, don't know if this makes any difference

@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): if I would use a mountpoint for my /home/myuser instead of a symlink, would this be supported by firejail? I'm not a linux expert, don't know if this makes any difference

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:48 -06:00

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@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016):

if I would use a mountpoint for my /home/myuser instead of a symlink, would this be supported by firejail?

This should work.

@manevich commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2016): > if I would use a mountpoint for my /home/myuser instead of a symlink, would this be supported by firejail? This should work.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:56:49 -06:00

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@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2016):

mountpoint works 👍

thanks for all the help

@frank-github commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2016): mountpoint works :+1: thanks for all the help

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[PR #478] [MERGED] Fixes for hexchat.profile #3638

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