Invalid --profile-path command line option

[nya1]

Description

Any path provided to the CLI option --profile-path is returning an error.

Steps to Reproduce

mkdir ~/.custom
LC_ALL=C firejail --profile-path="~/.custom" firefox

Expected behavior

Load the provided profile path without returning an error (like mentioned in the usage]

Actual behavior

An error is returned

Error: invalid --profile-path=~/.custom command line option

Behavior without a profile

The same error is returned

Additional context

It seems that the CLI option is not available as any path provided returns an error

Environment

• Debian 11
• Firejail version 0.9.70

Checklist

• The issues is caused by firejail (i.e. running the program by path (e.g. /usr/bin/vlc) "fixes" it).
• I can reproduce the issue without custom modifications (e.g. globals.local).
• The program has a profile. (If not, request one in https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1139)
• The profile (and redirect profile if exists) hasn't already been fixed upstream.
• I have performed a short search for similar issues (to avoid opening a duplicate).
  • I'm aware of browser-allow-drm yes/browser-disable-u2f no in firejail.config to allow DRM/U2F in browsers.
• I used --profile=PROFILENAME to set the right profile. (Only relevant for AppImages)

Log

Output of LC_ALL=C firejail --profile-path="~/.custom" firefox

Error: invalid --profile-path=~/.custom command line option

Output of LC_ALL=C firejail --debug --profile-path="~/.custom" firefox

Error: invalid --profile-path=~/.custom command line option

[rusty-snake]

It seems that the CLI option is not available as any path provided returns an error

Correct. From firejail 0.9.52 RELNOTES:

firejail/RELNOTES

Line 458 in ee89a26

* modif: --profile-path was deprecated

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Also the error is greate

$ firejail --qwertzuiop true                              # Does not exist
Error: invalid --qwertzuiop command line option
$ firejail --blacklist true                               # Requires arguments
Error: invalid --blacklist command line option

[nya1]

@rusty-snake thanks for the quick reply, is there an alternative CLI option that can be used to accomplish the same thing?

[rusty-snake]

The closest you have is --profile which specifies the profile by name or by path. Depending your use case, you can use it directly or through and wrapper.