Am 08.11.18 um 09:03 schrieb Stefan Wollny: > Hi there, > > just a little nit with the iridium-browser unveiled: > > I changed the 'exec' command in /usr/local/bin/iridium like so: > - LANG=${_l} exec "/usr/local/iridium/iridium" "${@}" > + LANG=${_l} exec "/usr/local/iridium/iridium" "--enable-unveil" "${@}" > > With this change I can browse the web as before. BUT: My startpage is a > html-file in the users home directory containing a huge collection of > links to web sites. I use this file at home and at work where I am > forced to use the most popular unsafe OS. With iridium unveiled this > page is no longer accessible instead I get 'ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND'. > > Switching back to the exec without "--enable-unveil" and iridium finds > the file again. Easily reproducible. > > With other browsers (e.g. FF, otter, netsurf, links+) this particular > file is accessible. No reason not to enable unveil on iridium in > particular as it just has been updated (in ports). > Found an easy solution: While access to the user's home directory is not permitted, access to the subfolders _is_ allowed. Simply copied that particular file to ~/Downloads/, changed the path in iridium's settings and we're back to familiar operations. :-)
Now: How to give permission to access my home directory?