On Aug 23, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Chris Stratton wrote: > On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:56:59 AM UTC-4, Steve Modica wrote: > I swear I saw apps installing that said something like "this app requires > superuser access" (perhaps sshdroid). What are those doing? > > They are leveraging a common aftermarket modification of Android, > specifically the addition of some sort of "su" tool willing to run for > application user id's.
Would a more acceptable solution for the generic case be to use port forwarding and non-root apps that just access that port? In that way, we could create simple apps to access our embedded device router and not require setuid. > > -- > unsubscribe: [email protected] > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel -- Steve Modica CTO - Small Tree Communications www.small-tree.com -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
