Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
2020-02-20 14:15 GMT-03:00, Reiner Herrmann : > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 02:05:01PM -0300, Renato A. Galvão wrote: >> >>> surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied >> >> There is an apparmor file, >> >> /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.surf >> > [...] >> /usr/bin/stterm ix, > > In the past st was shipped in the stterm package with only an stterm > binary. > Nowaways the stterm package includes the st binary again (and a symlink > from stterm to st). But AppArmor doesn't seem to follow symlinks. > I will update the surf profile in the next upload. Thanks for the hint. > > Regards, > Reiner > Thank you for your support.
Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 02:05:01PM -0300, Renato A. Galvão wrote: > >>> surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied > > There is an apparmor file, > > /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.surf > [...] > /usr/bin/stterm ix, In the past st was shipped in the stterm package with only an stterm binary. Nowaways the stterm package includes the st binary again (and a symlink from stterm to st). But AppArmor doesn't seem to follow symlinks. I will update the surf profile in the next upload. Thanks for the hint. Regards, Reiner signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
2020-02-20 11:33 GMT-03:00, Renato A. Galvão : > 2020-02-20 10:35 GMT-03:00, Greg Reagle : >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, at 08:26, Renato A. Galvão wrote: >>> I use the packaged version buster (stable) of surf in Debian. >>> >>> While trying to make any download I'm receiving this: >>> >>> surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied >> >> Run the command x-terminal-emulator from a shell prompt. What happens? >> >> Also, try these commands: >> ls -l $(which x-terminal-emulator) >> ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator >> >> > > It opens st, which is my default terminal emulator. > > ls -l $(which x-terminal-emulator) > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 jun 17 2016 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> > /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator > > ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 jul 14 2019 > /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/bin/st > There is an apparmor file, /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.surf where the following directives is found: # for downloading files /dev/ptmx rw, /dev/pts/* rw, /usr/bin/stterm ix, # unconfined because it is called in (and downloading to) the cwd /usr/bin/curl Ux,
Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
2020-02-20 10:35 GMT-03:00, Greg Reagle : > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, at 08:26, Renato A. Galvão wrote: >> I use the packaged version buster (stable) of surf in Debian. >> >> While trying to make any download I'm receiving this: >> >> surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied > > Run the command x-terminal-emulator from a shell prompt. What happens? > > Also, try these commands: > ls -l $(which x-terminal-emulator) > ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator > > It opens st, which is my default terminal emulator. ls -l $(which x-terminal-emulator) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 jun 17 2016 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 jul 14 2019 /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/bin/st
Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, at 08:26, Renato A. Galvão wrote: > I use the packaged version buster (stable) of surf in Debian. > > While trying to make any download I'm receiving this: > > surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied Run the command x-terminal-emulator from a shell prompt. What happens? Also, try these commands: ls -l $(which x-terminal-emulator) ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
Re: [dev] [surf] can't follow a link for download
> Dear developers, Hi Renato, > I use the packaged version buster (stable) of surf in Debian. > > While trying to make any download I'm receiving this: > > surf: execvp x-terminal-emulator failed: Permission denied This seems to be a Debian issue, surf uses "st" terminal emulator by default, it seems that Debian packager(s) decided to replace that with "x-terminal-emulator" which seems to be problematic on your system. I suggest enquiring about that over-there!
