F16: firefox in sandbox_web_t not working (blank window)

Miroslav Grepl mgrepl at redhat.com
Tue Jan 3 08:30:12 UTC 2012


On 01/02/2012 11:03 PM, Christoph A. wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I upgraded F14->F15->F16.
>
> I used to run firefox like this:
> sandbox -X -t sandbox_web_t firefox
>
> but since the upgrade this does not work anymore. Only a black window
> opens with no content.
> I tried also in permissive mode and I don't have anything in the
> audit.log.
>
> Installed package versions:
> libselinux-python-2.1.6-5.fc16.x86_64
> libselinux-utils-2.1.6-5.fc16.x86_64
> libselinux-2.1.6-5.fc16.i686
> selinux-policy-3.10.0-69.fc16.noarch
> libselinux-devel-2.1.6-5.fc16.x86_64
> libselinux-2.1.6-5.fc16.x86_64
> selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-69.fc16.noarch
> policycoreutils-2.1.4-13.fc16.x86_64
> policycoreutils-python-2.1.4-13.fc16.x86_64
> policycoreutils-sandbox-2.1.4-13.fc16.x86_64
>
> Is this a known problem?
>
> kind regards,
> Christoph
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Hi Chris,
yes, this is a known problem. Just use metacity as windowmanager. For 
example

$ sandbox -X -W metacity -t sandbox_web_t firefox



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