Explicitly running "sudo chromium-browser" is a bad idea. You don't need root permissions to browse the web or download files.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779946 Title: chromium-browser cannot be executed from root account Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: chromium-browser the policy of blocking root account to execute software is exactly the opposite of the concept of the root user. the root user, aka administrator, could do everything on the system, of course it will respond of the consequences. Therefore, please add some flag to chromium to leave the administrators browsing the web. Regards, Vincenzo ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: yelp 3.0.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon May 9 16:11:35 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: yelp UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-09 (30 days ago) XsessionErrors: (npviewer.bin:21057): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 (npviewer.bin:21057): Gtk-WARNING **: Loading IM context type 'ibus' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/779946/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
