Chromium can not be run as root

[j4ck]

Hi all.

When I start Chromium it says

Chromium can not be run as root

How can I fix this problem?
Thanks.

 

[kpa]

If it says that then why not follow the advice? Running a web browser as root is strongly discouraged because you would be giving any javascript snippet the power to modify any file on the system.

 

[SirDice]

When I start Chromium it says "Chromium can not be run as root"
How can I fix this problem?

Create a regular user account. Do NOT use the root account for your day to day work.

 

[Deleted member 13721]

Not just that it's not good practice to run such thing's as root, but Chromium has many outstanding vulnerabilities presently as well.

 

[Beastie]

Chromium can not be run as root

Good.

 

[j4ck]

Thanks for your suggestions.

Create a regular user account. Do NOT use the root account for your day to day work.

Thank you sir.
But I'm so curious about that. It says

you must specify an alternate --user-data-dir for storage of profile information.

Where should I change this path?

 

[bkouhi]

Where should I change this path?

% chrome --user-data-dir=DIR