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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000081Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2013-03-16 07:032013-06-06 21:49
Reporterbrav0hax Assigned Todookie  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Platformx64OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000081: Chromium Package from Repo will not run as root user
Description

Chromium installed from the Kali repos will not run as root.

Reported in the forums" http://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?172-installing-chromium-and-launching-it-as-root

Steps To Reproduce

As root
apt-get install chromium
Launch chromiuim from Applications/Internet menu

Additional Information

There is a simple fix that is well documented

using a text editor open /etc/chromium/default

add --user-data-dir flag

i.e. CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--user-data-dir"

Can this be patched within the repos so adding this flag is not required?

Activities

dookie

dookie

2013-06-06 21:49

reporter   ~0000527

Chromium is just too big of a beast to try to fork for such a well-documented workaround.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-03-16 07:03 brav0hax New Issue
2013-06-06 21:49 dookie Note Added: 0000527
2013-06-06 21:49 dookie Status new => closed
2013-06-06 21:49 dookie Assigned To => dookie
2013-06-06 21:49 dookie Resolution open => no change required