So I'm running a selenium test using IntelliJ IDEA + chromedriver on an Ubuntu machine...

In my Google Chrome installation, I have logged in to an account, say Google. When I access http://accounts.google.com in the selenium test, I get to the log in page instead of the actual account management page.

I'm pretty sure that I don't fully understand the exact way that Selenium and the chrome driver operate, but I do remember that having 'Google Chrome installed in the default location' is one of the requirements of running a Selenium test with the chrome driver.

Can I run in the context of my installed browser i.e. have access to my browser history and cookies?