You can have you cake and eat it too, just do: dpkg-divert --add --no-rename /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop That will tell the packaging system to write any future version of /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop file to /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop.distrib instead so your local changes won't be over written... and if you find that stuff is acting weird in the future you can look in /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop.distrib and see if anything has changed, and apply it to your locally changed version. Brian Cluff On 3/23/21 9:12 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Success -  I could not get any farther than what I posted the other > day using ~./local/share/applications/sandfox.desktop, but I achieved > 100% success by editing /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop. > > Under the main {Desktop Entry] I appended "sandbox" to the Actions > parameter and then created a new [Desktop Action sandbox] submenu with > the lines: > [Desktop Action sandbox] > Name=Open in a sandbox > Exec=firejail --apparmor --private --dns=89.233.43.71 --net=eno1 > --netfilter=/etc/firejail/nolocal.net --seccomp > firefox -no-remote > > Now if I right click on Firefox I have "Open in a new window", "Open > in a new private window" and "Open in a sandbox". A quick "firejail > --list" confirms firefox is running with the full parameter string. > Yes, I'll have to add it every time Firefox updates, but for now I'm > willing to live with that. Gives me motivation to look into John's > suggestion of learning to patch the file. > > Also found that my firejail-profile package was corrupted and that is > why I could not get --net= to work. Purged and reinstalled the package > which solved that problem. > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:35 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > That's what we are talking about.  You can put your own > firefox.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ and it will > supersede the package installed version of the file. I've found > just about everything in linux has a similar directory hierarchy > so you have control over a complete system and/or individual > program by putting alternative versions of config files in their > proper places. > > According to the spec > (https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/index.html > ) > the order that the .desktop files are searched for is in > $XDG_DATA_DIRS and the first one found is used. > > Brian Cluff > > On 3/22/21 6:40 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> You know, I fscking hate this between distros, but for arch on >> mine, it's /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop, and every >> time I update it resets to defaults I hate.  I keep a copy of >> firefox.desktop as I need a menu to create a "choose profile" >> menu for firefox when I need many profiles for different >> customers, all with their own needs like different google and >> microsith profiles for orfice365.  Make sure you're hitting the >> right file for the distro as different from deb/ubuntu/mint. >> >> I'd say copy a working entry outside where you find the *.desktop >> files, and just replace what works in a remote location to >> upgrade when your dist.  Firefox is the only thing to overwrite >> and piss me off every time that I know to copy this when I >> update.  I normally just right click and do "Choose profile" for >> firefox for the plethora of profiles, adding that option to my >> firefox.desktop file, but apparently I'm the only person to do >> this, so shenanigans needed.  Same as yours I presume.  Start >> with a working one at least. >> >> I need to play with this some, as I'd love to relaunch my 6-7 >> firefox profiles automatically, and not screw with my options to >> launch manually.  I'm sure there are easier ways to do this >> normally, but I'm lazy to do so.  /me shrugs >> >> -mb >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:31 AM Steve B via PLUG-discuss >> > > wrote: >> >> Thank you. The original goal was to add it to the menu in Pop >> OS. I'll look again, but don't recall seeing it after I >> created it in ~/.local/share/applications. Do I need to use >> "--register-app" to add it, or should it just show up? >> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 10:30 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss >> > > wrote: >> >> A desktop file is standardized configuration file for >> Linux desktops that describe how to represent a program >> in the menus (complete with multiple language support), >> and how to launch it.  So you can't just launch it >> directly because it doesn't mean anything to the command >> line. It should however be showing up in your menus now >> and so you can put it in your favorites and easily launch >> it that way. >> >> That being cause, you can kinda turn it into an >> executable by adding something like the following to the >> very top of the desktop file: >> #!/usr/bin/kioclient5 exec >> >> That will tell the system to execute the desktop file >> with kioclient... of course you need to be running KDE >> for that to work correctly.  I'm not sure what the GNOME >> equivalent of that command is. >> >> Personally I would just pretty alt+F2 or alt+space may >> work as well and just start to type  "Sandboxed Web >> Browser" and you may only have to type Sand or so before >> you can press enter and have it launch. >> >> Alternatives to starting it from the command line: >> Create a file called sandfox in /usr/local/bin/ and put >> the following into it. >> #!/bin/bash >> /usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox $@ >> >> Then set it to be executable and then you can execute >> sandfox from anywhere. >> >> You could also set and alias with: >> alias sandfox="/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox" >> >> That will allow you to type sandfox and internally it >> will replace that with "/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor >> firefox". That should also work in most places equally >> well, but only for your username. >> That's a one shot way of making that available.  If you >> want it to be permanent you'll need to add that line to >> your .bashrc file with: >> echo alias sandfox='"/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor >> firefox"' >>~/.bashrc >> >> I can't remember what your original goals were, so I hope >> the above isn't completely shooting the dark. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 3/19/21 10:25 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> I took Brian's recommendation and created a file in >>> ~/.local/share/applications called sandfox.desktop. >>> Contents of that file are: >>> >>> [Desktop Entry] >>> Encoding=UTF-8 >>> Type=Application >>> Icon=/home/steve/Pictures/firejailed_firefox128.png >>> Exec=/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox >>> Name=Sandboxed Web Browser >>> Terminal=false >>> >>> I have it set to executable but when i try to run it >>> "./sandfox.desktop" I get the error: >>> ./sandfox.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found >>> ./sandfox.desktop: line 5: --apparmor: command not found >>> ./sandfox.desktop: line 6: Web: command not found >>> >>> Is my file misconfigured or what do I not have correct? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:47 PM Brian Cluff via >>> PLUG-discuss >> > wrote: >>> >>> Under debian based distros, overriding an overwrite >>> of ANY installed file is easily done. >>> There's a really cool tool called dpkg-divert that >>> the system uses to take whatever files would >>> normally be installed and steer them into a >>> different place so that you can put your own version >>> of the file in the same place without fear of it >>> going away on the next update. >>> >>> Just do: >>> dpkg-divert --add --rename >>> /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop >>> >>> In this case, that would be the overkill and less >>> correct way of handing the problem.  A better way >>> would be to put your own version of the >>> firefox.desktop into certain directories and that >>> cause it to override the system version of the >>> config.  Put them in ~/.local/share/applications/ to >>> change an individual user and|| >>> /usr/local/share/applications/ to effect every user >>> on the system. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss