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    [โ€“] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, that should work too... but you don't get to see any of your local files...

    [โ€“] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Made a Nix library for this. For a simple setup you can just build this (untested) and run the result:

    import ./encase.nix {
      name = "firefox";
      rw.home.nathan = /home/nathan/home-for/firefox;
      # other dependencies it might need...
      tmp = /tmp; # fresh tmpfs for this sandbox
      network = true;
      command = pkgs.firefox;
    }
    

    It doesn't have user isolation yet, so if it escapes the browser and the chroot (which doesn't have a /proc unless you set proc = /proc;, and runs in a PID namespace either way) your files are still at risk. However, this is still pretty secure, and you can run the script itself as a different user (it creates a new UID namespace so chrooting can be done without root).