1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/main.c b/src/firejail/main.c
index 1a37aca2f..9a013989a 100644
--- a/src/firejail/main.c
+++ b/src/firejail/main.c
@@ -239,12 +239,15 @@ static void init_cfg(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
         cfg.cwd = getcwd(NULL, 0);
 
-        // chack user database
+        // check user database
         if (!firejail_user_check(cfg.username)) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: the user is not allowed to use Firejail. "
                         "Please add the user in %s/firejail.users file, "
                         "either by running \"sudo firecfg\", or by editing the file directly.\n"
                         "See \"man firejail-users\" for more details.\n", SYSCONFDIR);
+
+                // attempt to run the program as is
+                run_symlink(argc, argv, 1);
                 exit(1);
         }
 
@@ -914,7 +917,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         // check argv[0] symlink wrapper if this is not a login shell
         if (*argv[0] != '-')
-                run_symlink(argc, argv); // if symlink detected, this function will not return
+                run_symlink(argc, argv, 0); // if symlink detected, this function will not return
 
         // check if we already have a sandbox running
         // If LXC is detected, start firejail sandbox