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JAILCHECK(1)                JAILCHECK man page               JAILCHECK(1)
       jailcheck - Simple utility program to test running sandboxes
       sudo jailcheck [OPTIONS] [directory]
       jailcheck attaches itself to all sandboxes started by the user and
       performs some basic tests on the sandbox filesystem:
       1. Virtual directories
              jailcheck extracts a list with the main virtual directories
              installed by the sandbox.  These directories are build by
              firejail at startup using --private* and --whitelist
              commands.
       2. Noexec test
              jailcheck inserts executable programs in /home/username,
              /tmp, and /var/tmp directories and tries to run them from
              inside the sandbox, thus testing if the directory is
              executable or not.
       3. Read access test
              jailcheck creates test files in the directories specified
              by the user and tries to read them from inside the sandbox.
       4. AppArmor test
       5. Seccomp test
       6. Networking test
       The program is started as root using sudo.
       --debug
              Print debug messages.
       -?, --help
              Print options and exit.
       --version
              Print program version and exit.
       [directory]
              One or more directories in user home to test for read
              access. ~/.ssh and ~/.gnupg are tested by default.
       For each sandbox detected we print the following line:
            PID:USER:Sandbox Name:Command
       It is followed by relevant sandbox information, such as the
       virtual directories and various warnings.
       $ sudo jailcheck
       2014:netblue::firejail /usr/bin/gimp
          Virtual dirs: /tmp, /var/tmp, /dev, /usr/share,
          Warning: I can run programs in /home/netblue
          Networking: disabled
       2055:netblue::firejail /usr/bin/ssh -X netblue@x.y.z.net
          Virtual dirs: /var/tmp, /dev, /usr/share, /run/user/1000,
          Warning: I can read ~/.ssh
          Networking: enabled
       2186:netblue:libreoffice:firejail --appimage /opt/LibreOffice-
       fresh.appimage
          Virtual dirs: /tmp, /var/tmp, /dev,
          Networking: enabled
       26090:netblue::/usr/bin/firejail /opt/firefox/firefox
          Virtual dirs: /home/netblue, /tmp, /var/tmp, /dev, /etc,
       /usr/share,
                        /run/user/1000,
          Networking: enabled
       26160:netblue:tor:firejail --private=~/tor-browser_en-US ./start-
       tor
          Warning: AppArmor not enabled
          Virtual dirs: /home/netblue, /tmp, /var/tmp, /dev, /etc, /bin,
                        /usr/share, /run/user/1000,
          Warning: I can run programs in /home/netblue
          Networking: enabled
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
       License, or (at your option) any later version.
       Homepage: https://firejail.wordpress.com
       firejail(1), firemon(1), firecfg(1), firejail-profile(5),
       firejail-login(5), firejail-users(5),
       This page is part of the Firejail (Firejail security sandbox)
       project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨https://firejail.wordpress.com⟩.  If you have a bug report for
       this manual page, see ⟨https://firejail.wordpress.com/support/⟩.
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       ⟨https://github.com/netblue30/firejail.git⟩ on 2025-08-11.  (At
       that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
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0.9.73                           Jun 2023                    JAILCHECK(1)
Pages that refer to this page: firecfg(1), firejail(1), firemon(1), firejail-login(5), firejail-profile(5), firejail-users(5)