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I've got a fresh installation of Precise installed, and I installed Google Chrome from the administrator account. Then, when I log into the Guest account I want to be able to use Chrome, but when I try to start it from unity it does nothing. When trying to launch it from the command line, it gives me the error: Failed to move to new PID namespace: Operation not permitted. How do i allow access to Chrome or other programs like this for the Guest account?

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In general, it's much easier to use the standard software repositories and the system's package managing system instead of installing applications manually. If you do a manual install, you're responsible for setting file and directory permissions correctly and much more.

So, the easiest solution would be to install the chromium packages (chromium-browser Install chromium-browser) using the software center, and to remove the manual install.

EDIT: Alternatively, you could use Google's PPA for Chrome (thanks Andrejs Cainikovs - worth an answer on its own!).

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How to install Chrome via repository: howopensource.com/2011/10/… –  Andrejs Cainikovs May 21 '12 at 12:23
@AndrejsCainikovs: very good hint! I added it to my answer. –  tohuwawohu May 21 '12 at 12:46

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