On 2022-07-11, Brian Durant <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/11/22 15:25, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2022-07-11, Björn Gohla <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Brian Durant <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> I have a problem with both Firefox and Chromium being unable to access >>>> the file system using the "open" dialog. The dialog appears, but no >>>> files or directories appear regardless of path. Things function >>> [...] >>> >>> This sounds like an unveil(2) issue. Only white-listed paths are >>> accessible, they are configured in /etc/firefox/unveil.* . >>> >>> ~/Downloads should be enabled by default though. >> >> only if present before the browser was started, also the file dialog boxes >> will often be blank and you need to either type a path by hand, or pick >> one of the predefined entries in the left-hand side; browsing the whole >> computer won't work with the default unveil restrictions >> >> > > ~/Downloads is indeed in /etc/firefox/unveil.main and > /etc/chromium/unveil.main. Interestingly, it doesn't appear that either > Thunderbird nor Midori have a similar unveil file. Interestingly (or > not) When running the following, Chromium doesn't appear at all:
Thunderbird and Midori do not use this mechanism. > $ doas locate unveil.main > /etc/firefox/unveil.main > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.main > > Nor does it in: > > $ doas locate unveil > /etc/firefox/unveil.content > /etc/firefox/unveil.gpu > /etc/firefox/unveil.main > /etc/firefox/unveil.rdd > /etc/firefox/unveil.socket > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.content > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.gpu > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.main > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.rdd > /usr/local/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/unveil.socket > /usr/share/man/man2/unveil.2 > /usr/share/relink/kernel/GENERIC.MP/kern_unveil.o I guess your locate database was last generated when firefox was installed but chromium was not > Wondering if something else is at play here... grep unveil /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/* ls /etc/*/*unveil* -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
