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[GH-ISSUE #741] Whitelisting symlink doesn't work #502

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opened 2026-05-05 05:59:46 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 4 comments

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/741

It seems symlink support had already been added https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/386
However, my /home/user/.cache/ is symlinked to a tmpfs volume and I receive the following messages when trying to execute Firefox:
Error: invalid whitelist path /home/user/.cache/mozilla/firefox
Error: cannot establish communication with the parent, exiting...

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/741 It seems symlink support had already been added https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/386 However, my /home/user/.cache/ is symlinked to a tmpfs volume and I receive the following messages when trying to execute Firefox: Error: invalid whitelist path /home/user/.cache/mozilla/firefox Error: cannot establish communication with the parent, exiting...

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2026-05-05 05:59:52 -06:00

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@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

Just as an aside, you can do what I do and whitelist only the folders that should be permanent (~/.mozilla, various GTK config files, ~/Downloads). That way, everything else will automatically be stored on a tmpfs. This does become a pain though if you have a large number of folders to whitelist.

@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): Just as an aside, you can do what I do and whitelist only the folders that should be permanent (~/.mozilla, various GTK config files, ~/Downloads). That way, everything else will automatically be stored on a tmpfs. This does become a pain though if you have a large number of folders to whitelist.

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2026-05-05 05:59:55 -06:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

@chiraag-nataraj good idea, seems to work! Though now Firefox complains it isn't "my default browser".

@ghost commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): @chiraag-nataraj good idea, seems to work! Though now Firefox complains it isn't "my default browser".

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2026-05-05 05:59:57 -06:00

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@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

@bryce-lynch I sometimes get that. Usually I just uncheck "Always check if Firefox is your default browser" and that goes away (it's unchecked in my preferences).

@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): @bryce-lynch I sometimes get that. Usually I just uncheck "Always check if Firefox is your default browser" and that goes away (it's unchecked in my preferences).

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2026-05-05 06:00:00 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Sep 6, 2016):

It seems to be working fine for me. I'll close the bug, if you are still having problems, I'll reopen it.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Sep 6, 2016): It seems to be working fine for me. I'll close the bug, if you are still having problems, I'll reopen it.

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