[Noisebridge-discuss] Android question: I want to share, via wifi, my Internet connection. What's the best way to do this?

[Michael Shiloh]

On 06/08/2011 02:46 PM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, what exactly does "rooting" do?
>
> In this context, you need to be root to modify the routing table or
> netfilter code on the phone. Most (probably all) vendor-distributed
> images have access to "root" on the phone totally locked down.
>

It's just a funny expression. I'm a Unix/Linux user from way back, and 
know about root access. We've never called enabling root login "rooting".

M