Question on user namespaces

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Abdelrahman Said
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Question on user namespaces

Post by Abdelrahman Said » 2018/02/08 18:13:45

Hi,

I am trying to use Brave Browser on my CentOS machine, but when I try running it, it gives me the following error.

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[19576:19576:0208/180128.818448:FATAL:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(126)] No usable sandbox! Update your kernel or see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_suid_sandbox_development.md for more information on developing with the SUID sandbox. If you want to live dangerously and need an immediate workaround, you can try using --no-sandbox.
fish: “./brave” terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)
The git page of the project said that I could get an error about sandboxing, and suggested a solution to it.

Here is what it says:
NOTE: If Brave does not start and shows an error about sandboxing, you may need to enable userns in your kernel. Running with the --no-sandbox flag is NOT recommended!
Now, I have three main questions:

1) What exactly does the userns do? I have tried reading the man page on user namespaces, but things got a bit complicated for me, so I would appreciate some explanation.

2) Is it okay if I enable userns, or could it cause some problems?

3) If it is okay, how do I do that? This is the method I found, but I am not sure if that would be the best way to do it.

https://luppeng.wordpress.com/2016/07/0 ... os-7-rhel/

Abdelrahman Said
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Re: Question on user namespaces

Post by Abdelrahman Said » 2018/02/10 11:39:21

Any ideas?

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