Questions tagged [sandbox]
Sandboxing is the act of restricting permissions of programs to the bare minimum they require to operate.
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How to exclude a single directory from a compiler's default header search path?
Anyone who has already tinkered with maintaining self-built software in a parallel subprefix (think Gentoo Prefix or MacPorts, on Mac) knows that the presence of headerfiles under /usr/local/include ...
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Is there a proper or recommended way to sandbox Unity games?
Owing to the fact that Unity appears now to have occasional security issues, and the fact that modding is just a fact of life for many Unity games, players, and communities (an inherent security ...
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How does flatpak ensure that the portals mechanism isn't abused by malicious programs?
Take Discord package permissions:
$ flatpak info --show-permissions com.discordapp.Discord
[Context]
shared=network;ipc;
sockets=x11;wayland;pulseaudio;
devices=all;
filesystems=xdg-download;xdg-...
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Issues Installing Winget On Windows Sandbox
Getting the following errors when attempting to install winget on a windows sandbox machine. Script was working previously, so suspect a change after a windows update?
Host Machine:
W11 Pro 24H2 26100....
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How LSMs interact with Flatpak?
New to Linux as well as sandboxing. I'm mainly trying to understand the differences between security layers and how LSMs interact with application sandboxes. I've read that the Snap sandbox, for ...
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How to run multiple instances of Windows Sandbox at the same time?
When I try to run more than one instance of Windows Sandbox, then I get the following error:
Only one running instance of Windows Sandbox is allowed
Is there a way to overcome this limit? I want to ...
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How do I increase the storage size in Windows Sandbox?
By default, Windows Sandbox runs with only 40GB Storage Space which really isn't a lot:
Is there a way for me to increase the storage size? I'd like to at least double it to 80GB.
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setting up a sandbox for minecraft for grandchildren
I have an Dell r610 running ubuntu 24.04 server, plus two pc running windows 10, two running windows 11, and a ten year old Imac. I'm using the ISP router and have a couple of 1gig dumb switches.
I ...
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Carbonyl gives no usable sandbox error
I'm trying to run the latest version of carbonyl (0.0.3) via the binaries on GitHub on Ubuntu 24.04 server/minimal - I almost entirely use it for accessing local resources, so security isn't that huge ...
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Virtualisation options on M1/M2/M3 Mac running macOS Sonoma [closed]
I am in need on virtualizing apps on Mac ARM running Sonoma.
As Parallels is out of the question due to restrictions on my end, I am in need of using another option.
VMWare's "player" doesn'...
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Configuring content process sandbox level in Thunderbird
I am using Thunderbird 115.6.0 on Linux (Debian 12). In the menubar, clicking on "Help" > "Troubleshooting Information" shows Thunderbird's sandbox settings:
Notice that the ...
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Windows Sandbox fails to connect, Error 0x80072746
Windows Sandbox has stopped working recently, despite no changes to the system or software. When launched from the Start Menu, it shows the Windows Sandbox splash screen (blue sandbox icon on a gray ...
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Container or VM for testing Windows software applications
I’m looking for some suggestions on how I can test some software applications without committing to installing them on my main OS.
I thought a virtual machine would be a good idea, but then I found ...
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No internet: firejail ubuntu 20.04 --net=eno1 --dns=QQQ.RRR.SSS.TTT
This is the same case of unanswered question DNS not working in firejail
ALL SENSITIVE INFORMATION WAS MODIFIED TO A SET OF THREE OR TWO LETTERS (AAA, etc. or XX)
The case is:
I have an ethernet ...
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Windows Sandbox run logincommand as WDAGUtilityAccount
Trying to automate some installs, but seems as though the scripts within the directive don't get ran as WDAGUtilityAccount.
If I try to use the runas command it requires a password. Would there be a ...
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