They are administered through sudo, which is becoming root. And there are 2 big use-cases for this: backup/restore and vpn access.
(I don't understand how the current security model got past the most basic discussions without accounting for these problems, but..) The third, less provider-friendly reason is custom firmware flashing to do things like fix the abomination that is 'email'. (Or translate the UI. Or fix the scheduler. Or...etc.) On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Amir Noble wrote: > > I'm curious if its possible, i'm crossing over from Windows and I'm use > > to being the admin. > > Ummm... "being the admin" and "root" aren't the same thing. > > Take the Ubuntu Linux distribution, for example. There is no root on > Ubuntu, at least not one you can log into directly. Yet, Ubuntu machines > can still be administered. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 > http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
