/etc/skel/.bashrc symlink breaks firejail

Information

ID: 519
PHID: PHID-TASK-q4h5uuvh5fyfmslo2hs2
Author: Symbolis
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal

Description

Firejail whitelisting fails because /etc/skel/.bashrc is a symlink in whonix:

user@host:~$ firejail /usr/bin/iceweasel
Reading profile /home/user/.config/firejail/iceweasel.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-mgmt.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-secret.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-devel.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/whitelist-common.inc
Parent pid 30345, child pid 30346
Error: invalid /etc/skel/.bashrc file
Error: cannot establish communication with the parent, exiting…

Workaround:
rm /etc/skel/.bashrc
cp -a /etc/skel/.bashrc.whonix /etc/skel/.bashrc

Comments


Patrick

2016-06-05 13:17:44 UTC


Symbolis

2016-06-05 15:03:11 UTC


Patrick

2016-06-05 15:35:38 UTC


Symbolis

2016-06-07 00:57:34 UTC