Add cmdline switch for folks that really did want to run as root....

chrome/app/generated_resources.grd

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
 This file contains definitions of resources that will be translated for each
 locale. OS values are passed through from Python's sys.platform:
 
   win32 - Windows
   darwin - Mac
   linux2 - Linux (both Views and GTK+)
 
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       </if>
 
       <!-- General app failure messages -->
       <message name="IDS_COULDNT_OPEN_PROFILE_ERROR" desc="Error displayed on startup when the profile can not be opened correctly due to problems reading or writing files in it">
         Your profile could not be opened correctly.\n\nSome features may be unavailable.  Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.
       </message>
       <message name="IDS_REFUSE_TO_RUN_AS_ROOT" desc="Short error message in displayed in an error dialog on startup if the user tries to run chrome as root">
         <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph> can not be run as root.
       </message>
       <message name="IDS_REFUSE_TO_RUN_AS_ROOT_2" desc="Detailed message in the error dialog when the user tries to start chrome as root">
-        Please start <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph> as a normal user. If you have previously run <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph> as root, you will need to change the ownership of your profile directory.
+        Please start <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph> as a normal user. To run as root, you must specify an alternate --user-data-dir for storage of profile information.
       </message>
 
       <!-- Can't write to user data directory dialog -->
       <message name="IDS_CANT_WRITE_USER_DIRECTORY_TITLE" desc="Title of dialog that is displayed when we can't create a directory for this user.">
         Failed To Create Data Directory
       </message>
       <message name="IDS_CANT_WRITE_USER_DIRECTORY_CHOOSE_DIRECTORY_BUTTON" desc="Text on button that opens another dialog to choose a new directory for user data.">
         Choose Another Directory...
       </message>
 
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     </includes>
     <structures fallback_to_english="true">
       <structure name="IDD_CHROME_FRAME_FIND_DIALOG" file="cf_resources.rc" type="dialog" >
       </structure>
       <structure name="IDD_CHROME_FRAME_READY_PROMPT" file="cf_resources.rc" type="dialog" >
       </structure>
     </structures>
 
   </release>
 </grit>