Installing & running vlc as root

To install VLC on Backtrack, simply run the following command:

root@bt:~#apt-get install vlc

Now, you have vlc installed in your system, but there is a problem : you still can't run vlc as "root" user. In order to bypass this restriction, open a terminal and type the following command:

root@bt:~#hexedit /usr/bin/vlc

Then press [tab] to move to the next section, where we are going to modify our code. Next, hit [ctrl]+S and type geteuid. This command will take you to the section where you have to change geteuid to getppid, and there you have it ! Now, just exit the window and you'll be able to run vlc as a root user.