Several command line options can be passed to the program using
profile files. Firejail chooses the profile file as follows:
1. If a profile file is provided by the user with --profile option,
the profile file is loaded. If a profile name is given, it is
searched for first in the ~/.config/firejail directory and if not
found then in /etc/firejail directory. Profile names do not include
the .profile suffix. Example:
$ firejail --profile=/home/netblue/icecat.profile icecat
Reading profile /home/netblue/icecat.profile
[...]
$ firejail --profile=icecat icecat-wrapper.sh
Reading profile /etc/firejail/icecat.profile
[...]
2. If a profile file with the same name as the application is present
in ~/.config/firejail directory or in /etc/firejail, the profile is
loaded. ~/.config/firejail takes precedence over /etc/firejail.
Example:
$ firejail icecat
Command name #icecat#
Found icecat profile in /home/netblue/.config/firejail
directory
Reading profile /home/netblue/.config/firejail/icecat.profile
[...]
3. Use a default.profile file if the sandbox is started by a regular
user, or a server.profile file if the sandbox is started by root.
Firejail looks for these files in ~/.config/firejail directory,
followed by /etc/firejail directory. To disable default profile
loading, use --noprofile command option. Example:
$ firejail
Reading profile /etc/firejail/default.profile
Parent pid 8553, child pid 8554
Child process initialized
[...]
$ firejail --noprofile
Parent pid 8553, child pid 8554
Child process initialized
[...]
In /usr/share/doc/firejail there are two templates to write new
profiles.
profile.template - for regular profiles
redirect_alias-profile.template - for aliasing/redirecting
profiles
Scripting commands:
File and directory names
File and directory names containing spaces are supported. The
space character ' ' should not be escaped.
Example: "blacklist ~/My Virtual Machines"
# this is a comment?CONDITIONAL: profile line
Conditionally add profile line.
Example: "?HAS_APPIMAGE: whitelist
${HOME}/special/appimage/dir"
This example will load the whitelist profile line only if the
--appimage option has been specified on the command line.
Currently the only conditionals supported this way are
HAS_APPIMAGE, HAS_NET, HAS_NODBUS, HAS_NOSOUND and HAS_X11.
The conditionals BROWSER_DISABLE_U2F and BROWSER_ALLOW_DRM can
be enabled or disabled globally in Firejail's configuration
file.
The profile line may be any profile line that you would
normally use in a profile except for "quiet" and "include"
lines.
include other.profile
Include other.profile file.
Example: "include /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc"
The file name can be prefixed with a macro such as ${HOME} or
${CFG}. ${HOME} is expanded as user home directory, and
${CFG} is expanded as Firejail system configuration directory
- in most cases /etc/firejail or /usr/local/etc/firejail.
Example: "include ${HOME}/myprofiles/profile1" will load
"~/myprofiles/profile1" file.
Example: "include ${CFG}/firefox.profile" will load
"/etc/firejail/firefox.profile" file.
The file name may also be just the name without the leading
directory components. In this case, first the user config
directory (${HOME}/.config/firejail) is searched for the file
name and if not found then the system configuration directory
is search for the file name. Note: Unlike the --profile
option which takes a profile name without the '.profile'
suffix, include must be given the full file name.
Example: "include firefox.profile" will load
"${HOME}/.config/firejail/firefox.profile" file and if it does
not exist "${CFG}/firefox.profile" will be loaded.
System configuration files in ${CFG} are overwritten during
software installation. Persistent configuration at system
level is handled in ".local" files. For every profile file in
${CFG} directory, the user can create a corresponding .local
file storing modifications to the persistent configuration.
Persistent .local files are included at the start of regular
profile files.
noblacklist file_name
If the file name matches file_name, the file will not be
blacklisted in any blacklist commands that follow.
Example: "noblacklist ${HOME}/.mozilla"
nowhitelist file_name
If the file name matches file_name, the file will not be
whitelisted in any whitelist commands that follow.
Example: "nowhitelist ~/.config"
ignore Ignore command.
Example: "ignore seccomp"
Example: "ignore net eth0"
quiet Disable Firejail's output. This should be the first
uncommented command in the profile file.
Example: "quiet"
These profile entries define a chroot filesystem built on top of the
existing host filesystem. Each line describes a file/directory that
is inaccessible (blacklist), a read-only file or directory (read-only), a tmpfs mounted on top of an existing directory (tmpfs), or
mount-bind a directory or file on top of another directory or file
(bind). Use private to set private mode. File globbing is
supported, and PATH and HOME directories are searched, see the
firejail FILE GLOBBING section for more details. Examples:
blacklist file_or_directory
Blacklist directory or file. Examples:
blacklist /usr/bin
blacklist /usr/bin/gcc*
blacklist ${PATH}/ifconfig
blacklist ${HOME}/.ssh
blacklist-nolog file_or_directory
When --tracelog flag is set, blacklisting generates syslog
messages if the sandbox tries to access the file or directory.
blacklist-nolog command disables syslog messages for this
particular file or directory. Examples:
blacklist-nolog /usr/bin
blacklist-nolog /usr/bin/gcc*
bind directory1,directory2
Mount-bind directory1 on top of directory2. This option is
only available when running as root.
bind file1,file2
Mount-bind file1 on top of file2. This option is only
available when running as root.
disable-mnt
Disable /mnt, /media, /run/mount and /run/media access.
keep-dev-shm
/dev/shm directory is untouched (even with private-dev).
keep-var-tmp
/var/tmp directory is untouched.
mkdir directory
Create a directory in user home, under /tmp, or under
/run/user/<UID> before the sandbox is started. The directory
is created if it doesn't already exist.
Use this command for whitelisted directories you need to
preserve when the sandbox is closed. Without it, the
application will create the directory, and the directory will
be deleted when the sandbox is closed. Subdirectories are
recursively created. Example from firefox profile:
mkdir ~/.mozilla
whitelist ~/.mozilla
mkdir ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox
whitelist ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox
For files in /run/user/<PID> use ${RUNUSER} macro:
mkdir ${RUNUSER}/firejail-testing
mkfile file
Similar to mkdir, this command creates an empty file in user
home, or /tmp, or under /run/user/<UID> before the sandbox is
started. The file is created if it doesn't already exist.
noexec file_or_directory
Remount the file or the directory noexec, nodev and nosuid.
overlay
Mount a filesystem overlay on top of the current
filesystem. The overlay is stored in $HOME/.firejail/<PID>
directory.
overlay-named name
Mount a filesystem overlay on top of the current
filesystem. The overlay is stored in $HOME/.firejail/name
directory.
overlay-tmpfs
Mount a filesystem overlay on top of the current
filesystem. All filesystem modifications are discarded when
the sandbox is closed.
private
Mount new /root and /home/user directories in temporary
filesystems. All modifications are discarded when the sandbox
is closed.
private directory
Use directory as user home.
private-bin file,file
Build a new /bin in a temporary filesystem, and copy the
programs in the list. The files in the list must be expressed
as relative to the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, or
/usr/local/bin directories. The same directory is also bind-
mounted over /sbin, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin.
private-cache
Mount an empty temporary filesystem on top of the .cache
directory in user home. All modifications are discarded when
the sandbox is closed.
private-cwd
Set working directory inside jail to the home directory, and
failing that, the root directory.
private-cwd directory
Set working directory inside the jail.
private-dev
Create a new /dev directory. Only disc, dri, dvb, hidraw,
null, full, zero, tty, pts, ptmx, random, snd, urandom, video,
log, shm and usb devices are available. Use the options no3d,
nodvd, nosound, notv, nou2f and novideo for additional
restrictions.
private-etc file,directory
Build a new /etc in a temporary filesystem, and copy the files
and directories in the list. The files and directories in the
list must be expressed as relative to the /etc directory. All
modifications are discarded when the sandbox is closed.
private-home file,directory
Build a new user home in a temporary filesystem, and copy the
files and directories in the list in the new home. The files
and directories in the list must be expressed as relative to
the current user's home directory. All modifications are
discarded when the sandbox is closed.
private-lib file,directory
Build a new /lib directory and bring in the libraries required
by the application to run. The files and directories in the
list must be expressed as relative to the /lib directory.
This feature is still under development, see man 1 firejail
for some examples.
private-opt file,directory
Build a new /opt in a temporary filesystem, and copy the files
and directories in the list. The files and directories in the
list must be expressed as relative to the /opt directory. All
modifications are discarded when the sandbox is closed.
private-srv file,directory
Build a new /srv in a temporary filesystem, and copy the files
and directories in the list. The files and directories in the
list must be expressed as relative to the /srv directory. All
modifications are discarded when the sandbox is closed.
private-tmp
Mount an empty temporary filesystem on top of /tmp directory
whitelisting /tmp/.X11-unix.
read-only file_or_directory
Make directory or file read-only.
read-write file_or_directory
Make directory or file read-write.
tmpfs directory
Mount an empty tmpfs filesystem on top of directory. This
option is available only when running the sandbox as root.
tracelog
Blacklist violations logged to syslog.
whitelist file_or_directory
Whitelist directory or file. A temporary file system is
mounted on the top directory, and the whitelisted files are
mount-binded inside. Modifications to whitelisted files are
persistent, everything else is discarded when the sandbox is
closed. The top directory could be user home, /dev, /etc,
/media, /mnt, /opt, /srv, /sys/module, /usr/share, /var, and
/tmp.
Symbolic link handling: with the exception of user home, both
the link and the real file should be in the same top
directory. For user home, both the link and the real file
should be owned by the user.
writable-etc
Mount /etc directory read-write.
writable-run-user
Disable the default blacklisting of run/user/$UID/systemd and
/run/user/$UID/gnupg.
writable-var
Mount /var directory read-write.
writable-var-log
Use the real /var/log directory, not a clone. By default, a
tmpfs is mounted on top of /var/log directory, and a skeleton
filesystem is created based on the original /var/log.
The following security filters are currently implemented:
allow-debuggers
Allow tools such as strace and gdb inside the sandbox by
whitelisting system calls ptrace and process_vm_readv.
apparmor
Enable AppArmor confinement.
caps Enable default Linux capabilities filter.
caps.drop capability,capability,capability
Blacklist given Linux capabilities.
caps.drop all
Blacklist all Linux capabilities.
caps.keep capability,capability,capability
Whitelist given Linux capabilities.
memory-deny-write-execute
Install a seccomp filter to block attempts to create memory
mappings that are both writable and executable, to change
mappings to be executable or to create executable shared
memory.
nonewprivs
Sets the NO_NEW_PRIVS prctl. This ensures that child
processes cannot acquire new privileges using execve(2); in
particular, this means that calling a suid binary (or one with
file capabilities) does not result in an increase of
privilege.
noroot Use this command to enable an user namespace. The namespace
has only one user, the current user. There is no root account
(uid 0) defined in the namespace.
protocol protocol1,protocol2,protocol3
Enable protocol filter. The filter is based on seccomp and
checks the first argument to socket system call. Recognized
values: unix, inet, inet6, netlink and packet.
seccomp
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the syscalls in the
default list. See man 1 firejail for more details.
seccomp.32
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the syscalls in the
default list for 32 bit system calls on a 64 bit architecture
system.
seccomp syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the system calls in the
list on top of default seccomp filter.
seccomp.32 syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the system calls in the
list on top of default seccomp filter for 32 bit system calls
on a 64 bit architecture system.
seccomp.block-secondary
Enable seccomp filter and filter system call architectures so
that only the native architecture is allowed.
seccomp.drop syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the system calls in the
list.
seccomp.32.drop syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and blacklist the system calls in the
list for 32 bit system calls on a 64 bit architecture system.
seccomp.keep syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and whitelist the system calls in the
list.
seccomp.32.keep syscall,syscall,syscall
Enable seccomp filter and whitelist the system calls in the
list for 32 bit system calls on a 64 bit architecture system.
seccomp-error-action kill | log | ERRNO
Return a different error instead of EPERM to the process, kill
it when an attempt is made to call a blocked system call, or
allow but log the attempt.
x11 Enable X11 sandboxing.
x11 none
Blacklist /tmp/.X11-unix directory, ${HOME}/.Xauthority and
file specified in ${XAUTHORITY} environment variable. Remove
DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY environment variables. Stop with error
message if X11 abstract socket will be accessible in jail.
x11 xephyr
Enable X11 sandboxing with Xephyr server.
x11 xorg
Enable X11 sandboxing with X11 security extension.
x11 xpra
Enable X11 sandboxing with Xpra server.
x11 xvfb
Enable X11 sandboxing with Xvfb server.
xephyr-screen WIDTHxHEIGHT
Set screen size for x11 xephyr. This command should be
included in the profile file before x11 xephyr command.
Example:
xephyr-screen 640x480
x11 xephyr
Access to the session and system DBus UNIX sockets can be allowed,
filtered or disabled. To disable the abstract sockets (and force
applications to use the filtered UNIX socket) you would need to
request a new network namespace using --net command. Another option
is to remove unix from the --protocol set.
Filtering requires installing the xdg-dbus-proxy utility. Filter
rules can be specified for well-known DBus names, but they are also
propagated to the owning unique name, too. The permissions are
"sticky" and are kept even if the corresponding well-known name is
released (however, applications rarely release well-known names in
practice). Names may have a .* suffix to match all names underneath
them, including themselves (e.g. "foo.bar.*" matches "foo.bar",
"foo.bar.baz" and "foo.bar.baz.quux", but not "foobar"). For more
information, see xdg-dbus-proxy(1).
Examples:
dbus-system filter
Enable filtered access to the system DBus. Filters can be
specified with the dbus-system.talk and dbus-system.own
commands.
dbus-system none
Disable access to the system DBus. Once access is disabled, it
cannot be relaxed to filtering.
dbus-system.own org.gnome.ghex.*
Allow the application to own the name org.gnome.ghex and all
names underneath in on the system DBus.
dbus-system.talk org.freedesktop.Notifications
Allow the application to talk to the name
org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
dbus-system.see org.freedesktop.Notifications
Allow the application to see but not talk to the name
org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
dbus-system.callorg.freedesktop.Notifications=org.freedesktop.Notifications.*@/org/freedesktop/Notifications
Allow the application to call methods of the interface
org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object exposed at the
path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the client owning the
bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on the system DBus.
dbus-system.broadcastorg.freedesktop.Notifications=org.freedesktop.Notifications.*@/org/freedesktop/Notifications
Allow the application to recieve broadcast signals from the
the interface org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object
exposed at the path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the
client owning the bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on
the system DBus.
dbus-user filter
Enable filtered access to the session DBus. Filters can be
specified with the dbus-user.talk and dbus-user.own commands.
dbus-user none
Disable access to the session DBus. Once access is disabled,
it cannot be relaxed to filtering.
dbus-user.own org.gnome.ghex.*
Allow the application to own the name org.gnome.ghex and all
names underneath in on the session DBus.
dbus-user.talk org.freedesktop.Notifications
Allow the application to talk to the name
org.freedesktop.Notifications on the session DBus.
dbus-user.see org.freedesktop.Notifications
Allow the application to see but not talk to the name
org.freedesktop.Notifications on the session DBus.
dbus-user.callorg.freedesktop.Notifications=org.freedesktop.Notifications.*@/org/freedesktop/Notifications
Allow the application to call methods of the interface
org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object exposed at the
path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the client owning the
bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on the session DBus.
dbus-user.broadcastorg.freedesktop.Notifications=org.freedesktop.Notifications.*@/org/freedesktop/Notifications
Allow the application to recieve broadcast signals from the
the interface org.freedesktop.Notifications of the object
exposed at the path /org/freedesktop/Notifications by the
client owning the bus name org.freedesktop.Notifications on
the session DBus.
nodbus (deprecated)
Disable D-Bus access (both system and session buses).
Equivalent to dbus-system none and dbus-user none.
Individual filters can be overridden via the --ignore command.
Supposing a profile has
[...]
dbus-user filter
dbus-user.own org.mozilla.firefox.*
dbus-user.talk org.freedesktop.Notifications
dbus-system none
[...]
and the user wants to disable notifications, this can be
achieved by putting the below in a local override file:
[...]
ignore dbus-user.talk org.freedesktop.Notifications
[...]
These profile entries define the limits on system resources (rlimits)
for the processes inside the sandbox. The limits can be modified
inside the sandbox using the regular ulimit command. cpu command
configures the CPU cores available, and cgroup command place the
sandbox in an existing control group.
Examples:
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/g1/tasks
The sandbox is placed in g1 control group.
cpu 0,1,2
Use only CPU cores 0, 1 and 2.
nice -5
Set a nice value of -5 to all processes running inside the
sandbox.
rlimit-as 123456789012
Set the maximum size of the process's virtual memory to
123456789012 bytes.
rlimit-cpu 123
Set the maximum CPU time in seconds.
rlimit-fsize 1024
Set the maximum file size that can be created by a process to
1024 bytes.
rlimit-nproc 1000
Set the maximum number of processes that can be created for
the real user ID of the calling process to 1000.
rlimit-nofile 500
Set the maximum number of files that can be opened by a
process to 500.
rlimit-sigpending 200
Set the maximum number of processes that can be created for
the real user ID of the calling process to 200.
timeout hh:mm:ss
Kill the sandbox automatically after the time has elapsed. The
time is specified in hours/minutes/seconds format.
allusers
All user home directories are visible inside the sandbox. By
default, only current user home directory is visible.
env name=value
Set environment variable. Examples:
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/test/lib
env CFLAGS="-W -Wall -Werror"
ipc-namespace
Enable IPC namespace.
name sandboxname
Set sandbox name. Example:
name browser
no3d Disable 3D hardware acceleration.
noautopulse
Disable automatic ~/.config/pulse init, for complex setups
such as remote pulse servers or non-standard socket paths.
nodvd Disable DVD and audio CD devices.
nogroups
Disable supplementary user groups
nosound
Disable sound system.
notv Disable DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) TV devices.
nou2f Disable U2F devices.
novideo
Disable video devices.
shell none
Run the program directly, without a shell.
Networking features available in profile files.
defaultgw address
Use this address as default gateway in the new network
namespace.
dns address
Set a DNS server for the sandbox. Up to three DNS servers can
be defined.
hostname name
Set a hostname for the sandbox.
hosts-file file
Use file as /etc/hosts.
ip address
Assign IP addresses to the last network interface defined by a
net command. A default gateway is assigned by default.
Example:
net eth0
ip 10.10.20.56
ip none
No IP address and no default gateway are configured for the
last interface defined by a net command. Use this option in
case you intend to start an external DHCP client in the
sandbox.
Example:
net eth0
ip none
ip dhcp
Acquire an IP address and default gateway for the last
interface defined by a net command, as well as set the DNS
servers according to the DHCP response. This command requires
the ISC dhclient DHCP client to be installed and will start it
automatically inside the sandbox.
Example:
net br0
ip dhcp
This command should not be used in conjunction with the dns
command if the DHCP server is set to configure DNS servers for
the clients, because the manually specified DNS servers will
be overwritten.
The DHCP client will NOT release the DHCP lease when the
sandbox terminates. If your DHCP server requires leases to be
explicitly released, consider running a DHCP client and
releasing the lease manually in conjunction with the net none
command.
ip6 address
Assign IPv6 addresses to the last network interface defined by
a net command.
Example:
net eth0
ip6 2001:0db8:0:f101::1/64
ip6 dhcp
Acquire an IPv6 address and default gateway for the last
interface defined by a net command, as well as set the DNS
servers according to the DHCP response. This command requires
the ISC dhclient DHCP client to be installed and will start it
automatically inside the sandbox.
Example:
net br0
ip6 dhcp
This command should not be used in conjunction with the dns
command if the DHCP server is set to configure DNS servers for
the clients, because the manually specified DNS servers will
be overwritten.
The DHCP client will NOT release the DHCP lease when the
sandbox terminates. If your DHCP server requires leases to be
explicitly released, consider running a DHCP client and
releasing the lease manually.
iprange address,address
Assign an IP address in the provided range to the last
network interface defined by a net command. A default
gateway is assigned by default.
Example:
net eth0
iprange 192.168.1.150,192.168.1.160
mac address
Assign MAC addresses to the last network interface defined by
a net command.
machine-id
Spoof id number in /etc/machine-id file - a new random id is
generated inside the sandbox.
mtu number
Assign a MTU value to the last network interface defined by a
net command.
net bridge_interface
Enable a new network namespace and connect it to this bridge
interface. Unless specified with option --ip and --defaultgw,
an IP address and a default gateway will be assigned
automatically to the sandbox. The IP address is verified using
ARP before assignment. The address configured as default
gateway is the bridge device IP address. Up to four --net
bridge devices can be defined. Mixing bridge and macvlan
devices is allowed.
net ethernet_interface|wireless_interface
Enable a new network namespace and connect it to this ethernet
interface using the standard Linux macvlan or ipvlan driver.
Unless specified with option --ip and --defaultgw, an IP
address and a default gateway will be assigned automatically
to the sandbox. The IP address is verified using ARP before
assignment. The address configured as default gateway is the
default gateway of the host. Up to four --net devices can be
defined. Mixing bridge and macvlan devices is allowed.
net none
Enable a new, unconnected network namespace. The only
interface available in the new namespace is a new loopback
interface (lo). Use this option to deny network access to
programs that don't really need network access.
net tap_interface
Enable a new network namespace and connect it to this ethernet
tap interface using the standard Linux macvlan driver. If the
tap interface is not configured, the sandbox will not try to
configure the interface inside the sandbox. Please use ip,
netmask and defaultgw to specify the configuration.
netfilter
If a new network namespace is created, enabled default network
filter.
netfilter filename
If a new network namespace is created, enabled the network
filter in filename.
netmask address
Use this option when you want to assign an IP address in a new
namespace and the parent interface specified by --net is not
configured. An IP address and a default gateway address also
have to be added.
veth-name name
Use this name for the interface connected to the bridge for
--net=bridge_interface commands, instead of the default one.
deterministic-exit-code
Always exit firejail with the first child's exit status. The
default behavior is to use the exit status of the final child
to exit, which can be nondeterministic.
join-or-start sandboxname
Join the sandbox identified by name or start a new one. Same
as "firejail --join=sandboxname" command if sandbox with
specified name exists, otherwise same as "name sandboxname".
Firejail is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
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