Fix #144

When whitelisting symlinks, ensure the parent directories exist.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c b/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
index 3514c073d..3640cc711 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ void fs_whitelist(void) {
                         // if the link is already there, do not bother
                         struct stat s;
                         if (stat(entry->link, &s) != 0) {
+                                // create the path if necessary
+                                mkpath(entry->link, 0755);
+
                                 int rv = symlink(entry->data + 10, entry->link);
                                 if (rv)
                                         fprintf(stderr, "Warning cannot create symbolic link %s\n", entry->link);