From ccc726f8ec877d8cda720daa2498e43629b6dd48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Heinrich <onny@project-insanity.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:48:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove hosts file link check

---
 src/firejail/fs_hostname.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index 42255070c4..97ce70f9c1 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ char *fs_check_hosts_file(const char *fname) {
 	invalid_filename(fname);
 	char *rv = expand_home(fname, cfg.homedir);
 
-	// no a link
-	if (is_link(rv))
-		goto errexit;
-
 	// the user has read access to the file
 	if (access(rv, R_OK))
 		goto errexit;

From c2c51e7ca56075e7388b4f50922b148615d1b125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Heinrich <onny@project-insanity.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:49:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove hosts file link check

---
 src/firejail/fs_hostname.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
index 97ce70f9c1..b228707131 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_hostname.c
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ void fs_mount_hosts_file(void) {
 	struct stat s;
 	if (stat("/etc/hosts", &s) == -1)
 		goto errexit;
-	// not a link
-	if (is_link("/etc/hosts"))
-		goto errexit;
 	// owned by root
 	if (s.st_uid != 0)
 		goto errexit;