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[GH-ISSUE #1122] $HOME not set properly with --user option #771

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2026-05-05 06:37:33 -06:00

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Originally created by @xrisk on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1122

It appears that whenever I use --user option $HOME is always set to /root. Is this the correct behaviour? Even if I specify the home directory to be used with --private= it is not respected.

Originally created by @xrisk on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1122 It appears that whenever I use `--user` option `$HOME` is always set to /root. Is this the correct behaviour? Even if I specify the home directory to be used with `--private=` it is not respected.

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2026-05-05 06:37:40 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017):

You are running a very old version, --user option was removed. Do a software update, there have been all kind of fixes since.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017): You are running a very old version, --user option was removed. Do a software update, there have been all kind of fixes since.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:43 -06:00

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@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017):

Oh… I just got it from Ubuntu 16.04 default sources.

@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017): Oh… I just got it from Ubuntu 16.04 default sources.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:45 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017):

It's very old. Most of the software in Ubuntu is kept at the version it was when 16.04 was released, and is not getting any updates. Grab a .deb package from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/firejail/files/firejail/

In a terminal run:

$ sudo dpkg -i firejail_0.9.44.8_1_amd64.deb

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017): It's very old. Most of the software in Ubuntu is kept at the version it was when 16.04 was released, and is not getting any updates. Grab a .deb package from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/firejail/files/firejail/ In a terminal run: ````` $ sudo dpkg -i firejail_0.9.44.8_1_amd64.deb `````

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:47 -06:00

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@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017):

Hmm. what was the reason for removing --user option. Is there something to replace it (I can't find it in manual) or do you recommend me to manually change user before calling firejail?

@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2017): Hmm. what was the reason for removing `--user` option. Is there something to replace it (I can't find it in manual) or do you recommend me to manually change user before calling firejail?

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:49 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2017):

You can use sudo -u to switch to the proper user:

$ sudo -u username firejail appname

It was like reimplementing sudo in firejail, so I had to take it out.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2017): You can use sudo -u to switch to the proper user: ````` $ sudo -u username firejail appname ````` It was like reimplementing sudo in firejail, so I had to take it out.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:50 -06:00

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@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2017):

Thank you for your help.

@xrisk commented on GitHub (Mar 4, 2017): Thank you for your help.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 06:37:52 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 5, 2017):

You're welcome.

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Mar 5, 2017): You're welcome.

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[PR #771] [MERGED] use enum for enumeration #3750

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