*You always have root on the Android emulator. * *To prove it, open a shell and type:*
# su # whoami root *Regards* *-Atul * On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Earlence <[email protected]> wrote: > Could explain that in more detail please? (and also why it is a bad > idea) > > On Sep 4, 7:23 pm, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > > You need to create a privilege escalation mechanism then. Try adding > > whatever is used on the rooted rom you want to be compatible with. > > > > A bad idea (but hey, its an emulator) is to use adb shell to make a > > copy of sh owned by root, with the setuid bit set, called something > > else. Run that and then run your special commamds from within it. > > > > On Sep 4, 9:51 am, Earlence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. via adb shell everything works. my point is to execute privileged > > > commands from within the terminal emulator or from within native/Java > > > code on the emulator to simulate a rooted device. > > > > > Cheers, > > > Earlence > > > > > On Sep 4, 10:40 am, Chris Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Then using the terminal emulator, > > > > > > Are you using the terminal emulator app on the emulator itself? That > > > > is wrong. Use the adb command from your Android development > > > > desktop/laptop. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-security-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" 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-security-discuss?hl=en.
