Public bug reported:
Upon initial launch, irssi tries (and fails, due to an AppArmor profile)
to create a .irssi directory in the home directory of the current user.
irssi will work as expected if you manually create the directory
instead.
Command output:
user@pc:~$ irssi
** (irssi:4533): ERROR **: 04:38:00.062: Couldn't create /home/user/.irssi
directory: Permission denied
Aborted
syslog entries:
2026-05-12T04:38:00.063656-04:00 pc kernel: audit: type=1400
audit(1778575080.061:233): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mkdir" class="file"
profile="irssi" name="/home/user/.irssi/" pid=4533 comm="irssi"
requested_mask="c" denied_mask="c" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000
2026-05-12T04:38:00.063703-04:00 pc kernel: audit: type=1400
audit(1778575080.061:234): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mkdir" class="file"
profile="irssi" name="/home/user/.irssi/" pid=4533 comm="irssi"
requested_mask="c" denied_mask="c" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000
** Affects: apparmor (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
irssi fails to launch if .irssi/ does not already exist in user's home
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