0003086: Regression of bug 46 - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003086	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2016-02-20 23:14	2018-01-29 13:37

Reporter	ipatrol	Assigned To	g0tmi1k
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	suspended

Summary	0003086: Regression of bug 46
Description	Apparently https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=46 has returned. VLC cannot be run as root, which impedes it's usability for forensic purposes. The VLC devs, after much pleading, appear to have added an --allow-run-as-root option in the build stage, but Kali doesn't enable it (anymore?).
Steps To Reproduce	root@kali:~# vlc VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry. If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports you can use vlc-wrapper (make sure it is Set-UID root and cannot be run by non-trusted users first). root@kali:~# vlc-wrapper Cannot determine unprivileged user for VLC!
Additional Information	https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=53071

g0tmi1k 2018-01-29 13:37 administrator ~0008307	Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity. Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)? If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup? For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-02-20 23:14	ipatrol	New Issue
2017-02-07 17:04	rhertzog	Status	new => acknowledged
2018-01-29 13:37	g0tmi1k	Assigned To	=> g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 13:37	g0tmi1k	Status	acknowledged => closed
2018-01-29 13:37	g0tmi1k	Resolution	open => suspended
2018-01-29 13:37	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0008307