On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 09:18:29PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > > For most of us English speakers "route" rhymes with "snout", though ^^ I'd say, make that US, not us... ;-) Around IONA[0], "route" often rhymes with "root" in my experience. As for the term "rooting": In my understanding, if a box got "rooted", someone gained unauthorised access to that box, especially to the admin privileges. HTH. HAND. Thomas [0] "Islands Of the North Atlantic", formerly "British Isles" (which aren't quite that British anymore since 1921... ;-) ) -- "Look, Ma, no obsolete quotes and plain text only!" Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.bigfoot.com/~kaytan | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Linux Newbie...what's rooting ?!!1
Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\) Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:29:58 -0800
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