"rooting" or "to root a box" means to gain unauthorized access to the root
account of a system. Or another way: to break into or crack a system.
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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
Juha Saarinen wrote:
Well, in Australia it's when Bruce and Sheila goes forth and does the
unmentionable (whether or not kangaroos or koalas are involved).
Who are Bruce and Sheila?
In a computing context, I would say that it's the process of gaining root
privileges on someone else's
Who are Bruce and Sheila?
sigh You boys just have no downunder knowledge :)
Basically they're a fictional boy and girl.
End of thread.
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sigh You boys just have no downunder knowledge :)
Basically they're a fictional boy and girl.
Are not. Sheila is my godmother and Bruce is a karate artist...
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%- Who are Bruce and Sheila?
A couple that's world famous in Australia.
;-)
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i often hear the word rooting someone,,,what does it mean?!!!
To get root (superuser/adminstrator) privileges on a system, in this sense,
usually unauthorized.
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i often hear the word rooting someone,,,what does it mean?!!!
???
You're joking right?
I don't know whether it has any other Linux meaning in other countries, but
I think I don't really need to tell anyone what it means in Oz? Nothing to
do with Linux as far as I know.
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