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gonX

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 112

[SOLVED] Steam as root user

Just wondering, how to do this?
I understand the dangers of it, and I would be ok with Steam telling me that it's dangerous, but it's a bit far out to not allow it to start at all.

*EDIT*

Check reply #2 to see what stops it.

Last edited by gonX (2013-05-18 14:11:01)

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: [SOLVED] Steam as root user

I understand the dangers of it

If you understood the dangers and easy alternatives, you wouldn't be asking how.

gonX

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 112

Re: [SOLVED] Steam as root user

Never mind, I realized that the wrapper is a BASH script, so I went in and edited it. I found this in /usr/bin/steam

# Don't allow running as root
if [ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]; then
    show_message --error $"Cannot run as root user"
    exit 1
fi

(if you don't know how to fix it, don't run as root )

It's updating now, but I don't know if that's the real fix.

Last edited by gonX (2013-05-18 13:59:00)

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