---
name: "firejail-login"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "firejail"
version: "0.9.80-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/firejail-login"
---

# firejail-login(5)

Login file syntax for Firejail

## NAME

login.users - Login file syntax for Firejail

## DESCRIPTION

/etc/firejail/login.users file describes additional arguments passed to the firejail executable upon user logging into a Firejail restricted shell. Each user entry in the file consists of a user name followed by the arguments passed to firejail. The format is as follows:

	user\_name: arguments

Example:

	netblue: --net=none --protocol=unix

Wildcard patterns are accepted in the user name field:

	user\*: --private

## RESTRICTED SHELL

To configure a restricted shell, replace /bin/bash with /usr/bin/firejail in the /etc/passwd file for each user that needs to be restricted. Alternatively, you can specify /usr/bin/firejail using the \`adduser\` or \`usermod\` commands:

adduser --shell /usr/bin/firejail username\
 usermod --shell /usr/bin/firejail username

## FILES

/etc/firejail/login.users

## LICENSE

Firejail is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Homepage: ⟨https://firejail.wordpress.com⟩

## SEE ALSO

[**firejail**(1)](/firejail/1.md), [**firemon**(1)](/firemon/1.md), [**firecfg**(1)](/firecfg/1.md), [**firejail-profile**(5)](/firejail-profile/5.md), [**firejail-users**(5)](/firejail-users/5.md), [**jailcheck**(1)](/jailcheck/1.md)