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Run chrome in linux with root login

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One reason for still sticking with firefox has been that chrome does not run when you are logged in as root. I know the implications of running as root, so I had to find some way of still using chrome.

Here is a neat trick.. pretty simple actually.

just ssh into localhost with the user id with X enabled.

ssh user@127.0.0.1 -X Chrome runs just as you would expect it to. Before running chrome you will need to change permission of /tmp folder with the command "chmod 1777 /tmp".. run this command before ssh'ing into user login..

cheers

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ez77
Why would you want to run a browser as root?
hobbyist
Well, I wont login into root specially to run a browser.. if you happen to login as root for some reasons, and you need to run chrome then a clean way is what I have put in the post.. u dont need to log out from X and re login again with your user..