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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000046Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2013-02-28 16:51
ReporterWiK Assigned Tocrossbower  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Platformx86OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000046: VLC will not run as root
Description

vlc-wrapper will not work either:

error: Cannot determine unprivileged user for VLC!

Steps To Reproduce

type vlc or vlc-wrapper at the console

Activities

crossbower

crossbower

2013-02-14 09:02

reporter   ~0000052

I propose a package "vlc-root-fix" that modify the vlc executable using this postinstall script:

#!/bin/bash
sed -i 's/geteuid/getppid/g' /usr/bin/vlc

Is the solution acceptable?

crossbower

crossbower

2013-02-15 21:43

reporter   ~0000067

The solution is not acceptable. The source need to be modified.

muts

muts

2013-02-28 16:51

reporter   ~0000071

Fixed by cross.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-02-12 21:08 WiK New Issue
2013-02-14 09:02 crossbower Note Added: 0000052
2013-02-14 09:02 crossbower Assigned To => crossbower
2013-02-14 09:02 crossbower Status new => assigned
2013-02-14 09:02 crossbower Assigned To crossbower => muts
2013-02-14 09:02 crossbower Status assigned => feedback
2013-02-15 21:41 crossbower Assigned To muts =>
2013-02-15 21:43 crossbower Note Added: 0000067
2013-02-28 16:51 muts Note Added: 0000071
2013-02-28 16:51 muts Status feedback => closed
2013-02-28 16:51 muts Assigned To => crossbower
2013-02-28 16:51 muts Resolution open => fixed