TB Profile no Migrating w/ FJ

#1

Briefly describe your issue below:

When placing my old .thunderbird folder in my home directory it doesn’t read back the old data(for some reason). It sees the accounts but doesn’t read back in the old mail files including my archives for my RSS feeds. I have tried the migration tool but it says it cannot access the folder(which it should it’s the .thunderbird folder) but it wont’ let me select it as the default folder for the profile.
What version of Parrot are you running? (include version (e.g. 4.6), edition(e.g. Home//KDE/OVA, etc.), and architecture (currently we only support amd64)
4.6 Security AMD64
What method did you use to install Parrot? (Debian Standard / Debian GTK / parrot-experimental)
Debian NCurses based installer(whatever you call it here).
Configured to multiboot with other systems? (yes / no)
Yes. I have windows on a seperate nvme m.2 drive so I can deal with the drm from college textbooks/materials in case they dont’ work under wine.
If there are any similar issues or solutions, link to them below:

If there are any error messages or relevant logs, post them below:
There are none that I can find. Thunderbird itself unsanboxed(IE running it from a local folder) works just fine.

#2

have you checked their firejail profiles?

#3

I see nothing in there that would make them not be able to the data. If you can point me to what in the firefjail profile would make it unable to see the Mail/IMAP Mail folders contents I’ll try to change it.

It has specifically showing it’s whitelisting the .thunderbird folder which is where the profiles themselves are.

It can see the accounts, but it cannot(for whatever reason) see the data within the MAIL/IMAP Mail folders. It just starts downloading everything as if it doesn’t have permissions for them.

Even though the files were setup(previously) so that user 1000 has read/write permissions to the profile folder and all contents.

#4

could you paste the output of these

cd ~/.thunderbird
ls -lha

And

cat profile.ini
cd YOUR-PROFILE.default
ls -lha
#5

ls -lha

drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur  126 Nov 25 10:39  .
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur 3.2K May 19 19:51  ..
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur  666 May 19 20:13 'Crash Reports'
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur 3.0K May 19 21:21  fs2a7dk7.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  275 Apr 24  2017  .migrated
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur    0 Nov 25 10:39 'Pending Pings'
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   94 Jan  2  2014  profiles.ini

PROFILES.INI

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=fs2a7dk7.default

fsa… ls -lha

total 250M
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur 3.0K May 19 21:21 .
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur  126 Nov 25 10:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 2.3K Apr 25 13:19 abook.mab
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur  304 Oct 23  2018 adblockedge
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 8.8K May 19 20:03 addons.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 512K Sep 14  2015 addons.sqlite
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  875 May 19 19:39 addonStartup.json.lz4
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 19:44 AlternateServices.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 512K Nov 26  2015 blist.sqlite
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 699K May 18 20:03 blocklist-addons.json
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  28K Aug 15  2017 blocklist-gfx.json
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 136K May  6 21:05 blocklist-plugins.json
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur   22 Nov 27 23:31 blocklists
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 492K May 19 20:05 blocklist.xml
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur    1 Apr 26  2014 _CACHE_CLEAN_
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur   24 May 18 20:41 calendar-data
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 336K May 18 20:38 cert8.db
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 416K Nov 25 10:40 cert9.db
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur   28 Oct 23  2018 chrome
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  96K Jan  2  2014 chromeappsstore.sqlite
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  162 May 19 19:38 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 224K Apr 25 00:23 content-prefs.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 512K Nov 25 10:40 cookies.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  32K May 19 19:46 cookies.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 19:46 cookies.sqlite-wal
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur   46 May 19 19:47 crashes
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur   96 May 19 21:18 datareporting
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   23 Sep 27  2018 directoryTree.json
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  16K May  8 19:37 downloads.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 160K May 13 12:03 enigmail.sqlite
drwxr-xr-- 1 macarthur macarthur   28 May 18 20:30 extension-data
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur  314 May 18 20:41 extensions
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  257 May 18 19:43 extensions.ini
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  31K May 19 20:07 extensions.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 512K Jan 12  2015 extensions.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 5.0M May 19 00:11 favicons.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  32K May 19 20:31 favicons.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 193K May 19 20:24 favicons.sqlite-wal
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 15  2014 folderTree-1.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 2.1K May 19 19:44 folderTree.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 192K Apr 26  2014 formhistory.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 229M May 19 21:20 global-messages-db.sqlite
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur   34 Oct 23  2018 gmp
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  343 Nov 25 10:40 handlers.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  56K May 13 12:04 history.mab
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur  820 Apr 14 21:21 ImapMail
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  16K May 18 20:38 key3.db
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 288K Nov 25 10:40 key4.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 1.7M May 18 20:03 kinto.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 1.3K Jun 21  2014 lightweighttheme-footer
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 4.1K Jun 21  2014 lightweighttheme-header
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  15K Apr 14  2014 localstore-1.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  12K Nov  1  2014 localstore-2.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  12K Jan 24  2015 localstore-3.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  19K Jul 31  2015 localstore-4.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  19K Dec  8  2015 localstore.rdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 macarthur macarthur   15 May 19 19:46 lock -> 127.0.1.1:+1552
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 7.9K May  6 18:09 logins.json
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur  132 Oct 23  2018 lwtheme
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur  188 Oct 23  2018 Mail
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  482 Jan  2  2014 mailViews.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 2.9K Apr 11 23:39 mimeTypes.rdf
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur    0 Apr 15 18:50 minidumps
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 132K May 19 21:21 panacea.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 19:46 .parentlock
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur   46 Oct 23  2018 pepmda
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 128K Dec  9  2016 permissions.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   17 Apr 23 20:11 persdict.dat
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  880 Nov 25 10:40 pkcs11.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 5.0M May 19 00:11 places.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 5.0M Nov 25 10:58 places.sqlite.corrupt
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  32K May 19 20:24 places.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 1.1M May 19 20:24 places.sqlite-wal
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  359 May 18 20:41 pluginreg.dat
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  19K Apr 28  2014 prefs-1.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 3.7K Jun 21  2014 prefs-1.js.7z
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  28K Apr 28  2015 prefs-2.js
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  63K May 19 21:19 prefs.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  53K May 18 20:03 revocations.txt
drwx------ 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 20:13 saved-telemetry-pings
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  23K Jan 28  2016 search.json
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 8.8K May 19 19:39 search.json.mozlz4
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  16K Jan  2  2014 secmod.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 19:44 SecurityPreloadState.txt
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur   53 May 19 19:46 sessionCheckpoints.json
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur  396 May 19 21:21 session.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 320K Dec  6  2015 signons.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  11K May 19 20:19 SiteSecurityServiceState.txt
drwxr-xr-x 1 macarthur macarthur   18 Oct 23  2018 storage
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  96K Dec  8  2015 storage.sdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  512 Nov 27 23:26 storage.sqlite
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur   25 Jul  8  2016 times.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur 551K May  6 22:32 training.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    8 May  6 22:32 traits.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   65 Apr 27  2014 userchrome.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   65 Apr 27  2014 userChrome.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 Apr 27  2014 user.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   10 Dec 20  2014 virtualFolders-1.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   10 Apr 10  2015 virtualFolders-2.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur   10 May 19 19:44 virtualFolders.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  96K Nov 25 10:44 webappsstore.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur  32K May 19 19:46 webappsstore.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r-- 1 macarthur macarthur    0 May 19 19:46 webappsstore.sqlite-wal
-rw------- 1 macarthur macarthur 9.4K May 19 20:14 xulstore.json
#6

hmm it’s quite odd.
Have you tried moving Firejail’s symlink and then using thunderbird?
e.g.

sudo mv -t ~/Desktop /usr/local/bin/thunderbird 
thunderbird

(To move it back)

sudo mv -t /usr/local/bin/ ~/Desktop/thunderbird

If those don’t work then I think the issue is Thunderbird.
Have you checked thunderbird’s help resources?

#7

Moving the symlink causes it to work AOK. NO idea what’s going on here. But I’m going to use that hack as it works now and perfectly fine. I ran it like thus.

┌─[macarthur@evoc-laptop]─[~]
└──╼ $/usr/bin/thunderbird &
[1] 4332

and as you see it does start via that command. It’s working just fine. Don’t know if it’s an issue with the debian build of thunderbird or something but it’s back to working and that’s enough for me at this moment. Unless you know what type of but to submit to the debian package maintainer as I know that debian previously built icefox/icedove instead of firefox/thunderbird due to a branding dispute. I don’t know if other modifications that were made back then have remained in their patch file.

#8

Weird. Should be able to run thunderbird after moving the symlink with just

thunderbird

That might be it.

#9

Now I’m having gimp act weird all of a sudden. I don’t know what the hell is going on with it. I’ve tried completely removing GIMP and then reinstalling GIMP and it hasn’t helped, I even reinstalled firejail(in case something weird’s going on). EOM works just fine and casually glancing the debug logs I don’t see any different between the two. It works just fine if I run it with sudo but that doesn’t explain why it’s not working now all of a sudden when it worked literally 5min prior when I was editing a pdf file.

Here’s the simple output from running gimp from the terminal.

┌─[macarthur@evoc-laptop]─[~/Pictures]
└──╼ $gimp red+charizard.jpg 
Reading profile /etc/firejail/gimp.profile
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-passwdmgr.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-programs.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/disable-xdg.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/whitelist-var-common.inc
Reading profile /etc/firejail/whitelist-common.inc
Parent pid 13966, child pid 13967
Child process initialized in 100.39 ms
Unknown or unsupported transport “DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix” for address “DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus”
Gtk-Message: 13:35:05.435: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
dcraw -i '/home/macarthur/red+charizard.jpg'
/home/macarthur/red+charizard.jpg: No such file or directory
Gtk-Message: 13:35:11.982: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"

(gimp:7): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 13:35:14.772: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Parent is shutting down, bye...

Here’s the paste with the firejail --debug gimp output.
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/ZD2Tv57VGK/