This shell script enables/disables browsers to run as root in Debian and Ubuntu distros by un-sandboxing/sandboxing them. This is not advisable. I built this for use temporarily in some situations. Running some apps in root is not secure.
This script supports the following browsers:
Opera Desktop
Browser.Google Chrome
Browser.Firefox ESR
Browser.Chromium Web
Browser andFalkon KDE
Browser.
To use this script:
- Click on
code
on this page. - Click on
Download Zip
. - A file named
linux-unsandbox-browsers-cli-master.zip
will be downloaded. Extract the zip file in your computer. You will see a folder labelledlinux-unsandbox-browsers-cli-master
. Navigate to that folder. - Open terminal at the files location by right clicking and selecting
Open in terminal
. You can as well launch your terminal and navigate to where the downloaded file is. - Type
chmod +x linux-unsandbox-browsers-cli.sh
and click onenter key
to make the script executable. - Type
./linux-unsandbox-browsers-cli.sh
to run the script.