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Questions tagged [firejail]

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How to sandbox Chromium that's installed via SNAP?

In Ubuntu 19.04, you can install Chromium using snap like this: sudo snap install chromium However, when installing Chromium via snap, you cannot sandbox it with firejail like this: firejail chromium-browser The command above runs the non-snap…
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How to permanently open browsers in firejail?

I've edited /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop in the past to use firejail when running firefox, but it seems like this was removed during an update. How can I permanently open browsers in Firefox without needing to update .desktop files…
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How can I set a custom icon for firefox running through firejail? (not only for the launcher but also for the running app itself)

My specs: Ubuntu 20.04.3 with Gnome Shell on Wayland. Notebook Acer Aspire 5 with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U. For my work, I want to run Firefox through the sandboxing utility firejail. I created a custom *.desktop file to launch the "firejailed" firefox and…
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ffplay won't play videos in Documents subfolders, firejail configuration issue

I have a subfolder of ~/Documents where I want to store various videos (.mp4 files). I don't particularly want to move them to the ~/Videos folder because they contain other files which are not videos. I have firejail active (version 0.9.66). When…
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MAILTO in crontab

My MTA is ssmtp. In crontab I have set the MAILTO line to my email address. What is the actual command that the MAILTO line triggers? Is it possible to modify it? I actually need to start ssmtp as firejail --net=wlp1s0 ssmtp .... instead of mere…
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How to run Firefox in Firejail?

I'm trying to run Firefox in firejail, on Ubuntu 22.04.1. When I use firejail firefox, I get: Reading profile /etc/firejail/firefox.profile Reading profile /etc/firejail/whitelist-usr-share-common.inc Reading profile…
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Firejail breaks Lutris/Wine. How can I troubleshoot/fix it?

Installing Firejail and running firecfg stops a game that I have installed in Lutris from starting. Uninstalling Firejail fixes it. The game tries to run only for a second or 2 so running firejail --list doesn't help. How can I troubleshoot/fix…
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Firejail does not launch Firefox

I has changed my hardware under my ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Internet working from the first launch, but Firefox from firejail not. Firefox from stand alone is launch and show. From firejail is not showed but visible in task manager. If I start it from…
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Stop Snaps from accessing user home directory?

I am trying to sandbox all my applications by default using firejail. Firejail doesn't support snap applications. It appears that by default if requested by a snap, snapd will grant the snap read/write access to the user's home directory. This means…
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Pre-Installed Apps Not Working - Firejail Error

I'm new to linux. Out of curiosity, I run some commands as sudo to mess up with permissions. When I restarted my system, most of the apps give firejail error. For Example If I run firefox then it says: Error: cannot create /run/firejail/profile/3535…
Parampreet Rai
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