fix #3478

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/profile.c b/src/firejail/profile.c
index ed736521a..5d83e6a73 100644
--- a/src/firejail/profile.c
+++ b/src/firejail/profile.c
@@ -1633,10 +1633,11 @@ void profile_read(const char *fname) {
                 exit(1);
         }
         if (access(fname, R_OK)) {
+                int errsv = errno;
                 // if the file ends in ".local", do not exit
                 const char *base = gnu_basename(fname);
                 char *ptr = strstr(base, ".local");
-                if (ptr && strlen(ptr) == 6)
+                if (ptr && strlen(ptr) == 6 && errsv != EACCES)
                         return;
 
                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: cannot access profile file: %s\n", fname);