1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c b/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
index ba6c8cd74..926e5415c 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_whitelist.c
@@ -181,11 +181,15 @@ static void whitelist_path(ProfileEntry *entry) {
         char *wfile = NULL;
 
         if (entry->home_dir) {
-                fname = path + strlen(cfg.homedir);
-                if (*fname == '\0') {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "Error: file %s is not in user home directory, exiting...\n", path);
-                        exit(1);
+                if (strncmp(path, cfg.homedir, strlen(cfg.homedir)) == 0) {             
+                        fname = path + strlen(cfg.homedir);
+                        if (*fname == '\0') {
+                                fprintf(stderr, "Error: file %s is not in user home directory, exiting...\n", path);
+                                exit(1);
+                        }
                 }
+                else
+                        fname = path;
         
                 if (asprintf(&wfile, "%s/%s", RUN_WHITELIST_HOME_USER_DIR, fname) == -1)
                         errExit("asprintf");
@@ -248,9 +252,6 @@ static void whitelist_path(ProfileEntry *entry) {
                         printf("Whitelisting %s\n", path);
         }
         else {
-                if (arg_debug || arg_debug_whitelists) {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "Warning (whitelisting): %s is an invalid file, skipping...\n", path);
-                }
                 return;
         }
         
@@ -390,13 +391,14 @@ void fs_whitelist(void) {
 
                         entry->home_dir = 1;
                         home_dir = 1;
+                        if (arg_debug)
+                                fprintf(stderr, "Debug %d: fname #%s#, cfg.homedir #%s#\n",
+                                        __LINE__, fname, cfg.homedir);
+
                         // both path and absolute path are under /home
-                        if (strncmp(fname, cfg.homedir, strlen(cfg.homedir)) != 0) {
-                                if (arg_debug)
-                                        fprintf(stderr, "Debug %d: fname #%s#, cfg.homedir #%s#\n",
-                                                __LINE__, fname, cfg.homedir);
-                                goto errexit;
-                        }
+//                      if (strncmp(fname, cfg.homedir, strlen(cfg.homedir)) != 0) {
+//                              goto errexit;
+//                      }
                 }
                 else if (strncmp(new_name, "/tmp/", 5) == 0) {
                         entry->tmp_dir = 1;