[GH-ISSUE #786] configuration file should be owned by root #533

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opened 2026-05-05 06:04:05 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @y1ds on GitHub (Sep 16, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/786

When I try to start firejail it gives me the error "Error: configuration file should be owned by root"

strace:
root@machine:~# /usr/local/bin/firejail
Error: configuration file should be owned by root
......
getuid() = 0
open("/usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config", O_RDONLY) = 3
stat("/usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2885, ...}) = 0
write(2, "Error: configuration file should"..., 50) = 50
exit_group(1) = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++

config file:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 2.9K Sep 15 10:25 /usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config

Im running debian jessie and firejail git head (commit 4e947d97bb)

Originally created by @y1ds on GitHub (Sep 16, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/786 When I try to start firejail it gives me the error "Error: configuration file should be owned by root" strace: root@machine:~# /usr/local/bin/firejail Error: configuration file should be owned by root ...... getuid() = 0 open("/usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config", O_RDONLY) = 3 stat("/usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2885, ...}) = 0 write(2, "Error: configuration file should"..., 50) = 50 exit_group(1) = ? +++ exited with 1 +++ config file: -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 2.9K Sep 15 10:25 /usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config Im running debian jessie and firejail git head (commit 4e947d97bb3b2143c922f56c3814455162b103db)

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2026-05-05 06:04:12 -06:00

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@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2016):

I had the same problem. Change ownership to root:root and it should work I think?

@chiraag-nataraj commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2016): I had the same problem. Change ownership to `root:root` and it should work I think?

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:04:14 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2016):

I put a fix in, thanks for the bug.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Sep 17, 2016): I put a fix in, thanks for the bug.

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2026-05-05 10:05:27 -06:00

[PR #533] [MERGED] Some fixes #3656

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