Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Run Chrome as root on Linux

#chrome
  1. run vim -b /opt/google/chrome/chrome
  2. search and replace geteuid with getppid
  3. save & exit

For Chromium:
vim -b /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser

#chrome

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