These days I've installed Firejail, and since I'm not really comfortable with command line stuff only, I also got Firetools, which are said to make it all easy for folks like me.
So, Firetools installed and looked like this:
And I could do exactly nothing with it. The menu structure and listed programs do not even correspond to my actual drive.
So I went to this site https://commandmasters.com/commands/firejail-linux/
and ran
$ sudo firecfg
Result:
So it seems Firejail sandboxed everything that couldn't run fast enough and that was that.
I really have no other chance to tell if anything is sandboxed than that list above. The only difference I noted was on my Google Drive - it seems I cannot upload files from any odd folder anymore. The only folder that is accessible from Google Drive is the download folder. Which is a rather nifty thing, I guess. Seems Firejail works just fine.
But, no change in Firetools. It looks exactly the same as it did the day I installed it, the exact same icons in the box, and it's exactly as useless.
Tried to get a new list of sandboxed programs:
So I have two sandboxes now? Why? Or are only the Conky tidbit and Firefox sandboxed? But, Librewolf had the same effect that Firefox had, Google Drive could only access the download folder. Or is that a Linux thing, and I just didn't know that because I've never uploaded anything on Google Drive with the Linux laptop before? While I used to surf with the Linux laptop, I still used to shove files around with Win7.
According to the videos I've watched, I should have access and insight into all of this with Firetools. Only I haven't. Firetools just sits there and doesn't even seem to have a connection to Firejail.
So, my daily question: What went wrong?
And what should I do to get on top of that?
(Other than reading the man pages, which I did or at least tried and where everything just went straight over my head. Heck, there is a reason I wanted Firetools....)
So, Firetools installed and looked like this:
And I could do exactly nothing with it. The menu structure and listed programs do not even correspond to my actual drive.
So I went to this site https://commandmasters.com/commands/firejail-linux/
and ran
$ sudo firecfg
Result:
Code:
$ sudo firecfg
[sudo] password for owl:
Removing all firejail symlinks:
Configuring symlinks in /usr/local/bin based on firecfg.config
VirtualBox created
ark created
audacity created
avidemux3_cli created
avidemux3_jobs_qt5 created
avidemux3_qt5 created
baloo_file created
baloo_filemetadata_temp_extractor created
bluefish created
calibre created
clementine created
conky created
cvlc created
dig created
display created
display-im6.q16 created
dnsmasq created
ebook-convert created
ebook-edit created
ebook-meta created
ebook-polish created
ebook-viewer created
elinks created
ffmpegthumbnailer created
ffplay created
ffprobe created
firefox created
ftp created
gapplication created
gimp created
gimp-2.10 created
gthumb created
host created
k3b created
kate created
kcalc created
keepassxc created
keepassxc-cli created
keepassxc-proxy created
ktorrent created
kwrite created
libreoffice created
librewolf created
lobase created
localc created
lodraw created
loffice created
lofromtemplate created
loimpress created
lomath created
loweb created
lowriter created
man created
mpg123 created
mpg123-alsa created
mpg123.bin created
mpg123-id3dump created
mpg123-jack created
mpg123-nas created
mpg123-openal created
mpg123-oss created
mpg123-portaudio created
mpg123-pulse created
mpg123-strip created
nslookup created
okular created
out123 created
patch created
pavucontrol created
pdftotext created
ping created
qt-faststart created
soffice created
spectacle created
ssh created
strings created
telnet created
thunderbird created
virtualbox created
vlc created
wget created
whois created
xcalc created
zim created
Adding user owl to Firejail access database in /etc/firejail/firejail.users
Creating /etc/firejail/firejail.users
Fixing desktop files in /home/owl/.local/share/applications
org.kde.plasma.browser_integration.host.desktop created
vlc.desktop created
librewolf.desktop created
org.kde.spectacle.desktop created
thunderbird.desktop created
owl@Max:~
$So it seems Firejail sandboxed everything that couldn't run fast enough and that was that.
I really have no other chance to tell if anything is sandboxed than that list above. The only difference I noted was on my Google Drive - it seems I cannot upload files from any odd folder anymore. The only folder that is accessible from Google Drive is the download folder. Which is a rather nifty thing, I guess. Seems Firejail works just fine.
But, no change in Firetools. It looks exactly the same as it did the day I installed it, the exact same icons in the box, and it's exactly as useless.
Tried to get a new list of sandboxed programs:
Code:
$ firejail --list
2692:owl::/usr/bin/firejail /usr/bin/conky -c /home/owl/.conky/MX-Flair/System_flair_Updated
3720:owl::/usr/bin/firejail /usr/bin/firefoxSo I have two sandboxes now? Why? Or are only the Conky tidbit and Firefox sandboxed? But, Librewolf had the same effect that Firefox had, Google Drive could only access the download folder. Or is that a Linux thing, and I just didn't know that because I've never uploaded anything on Google Drive with the Linux laptop before? While I used to surf with the Linux laptop, I still used to shove files around with Win7.
According to the videos I've watched, I should have access and insight into all of this with Firetools. Only I haven't. Firetools just sits there and doesn't even seem to have a connection to Firejail.
So, my daily question: What went wrong?
And what should I do to get on top of that?
(Other than reading the man pages, which I did or at least tried and where everything just went straight over my head. Heck, there is a reason I wanted Firetools....)
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