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francois
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Post#1
by francois » 20 Feb 2023, 13:28
I like working in a root mode environment, but prefer surfing on the internet in a safer way. To get google-chrome-stable running in guest mode while I am in root mode desktop I use:
Is there any security issue that I shoud be aware for doing this?
Thanks.
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Post#2
by Ed_P » 20 Feb 2023, 16:32
Can google-chrome download files to a root protected folder?
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beny
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Post#3
by beny » 20 Feb 2023, 17:18
Ed_P can you try --no-sandbox but is a trick too old for the new browser,but work for the root account
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Post#4
by francois » 21 Feb 2023, 01:59
@Ed:
Google chrome guest mode will download into the guest account and nowhere else.
If you start thunar in guest mode, you will not be able to move a guest mode downloaded file from /home/guest/Downloads/ outside the /home/guest structure without resorting to root mode. (tested).
@beny:
https://no-sandbox.io/
When the sandbox is disabled using the flag option --no-sandbox, websites or rendered pages can potentially execute malicious Javascript based exploits on your computer.
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