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Crack Root V. [very Common] To Defeat The Security System Of A Unix Machine And Gain Root Privileges Thereby
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crack root v.
[very common] To defeat the security
system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby; see
cracking.
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crack root: v. To defeat the security system of a UNIX machine and gain {root} privileges thereby
ee {cracking}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Press Release -- For Immediate Release Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA .
..Virtually all version of Linux (and Unix) contain a security hole that allows unauthorized users to gain complete control over the machine....
go root vi. [Unix; common] To temporarily enter root mode in order to perform a privileged operation.
This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. `root' is a synonym for "fuck"....
oot n. [Unix] 1. The superuser account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a Unix system.
The term avatar is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure...
oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system.
The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user)....
wheel n. [from slang `big wheel' for a powerful person] A person who has an active wheel bit.
We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives....
uperloser n. [Unix] A superuser with no clue - someone with root privileges on a Unix system and no idea what he/she is doing
he moral equivalent of a three-year-old with an unsafetied Uzi....
go root: [UNIX] vi. To temporarily enter {root mode} in order to perform a privileged operation.
This use is deprecated in Australia, where v. `root' refers to animal sex....
peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a computer system.
I can't create an account on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there....