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

[Michael Shiloh]

Good point, and thanks for the explanation.

On 06/08/2011 03:02 PM, Taylor Alexander wrote:
> Heh, well, on a normal computer, you don't have to jump through hoops to
> enable root access, so there's not much of a need to give the process a
> name. Since some Android phones are tricky, its more involved and kinda
> needed a name since people had to talk about it.
>
> And Cyanogenmod is the name of a customized version of Android. Cyanogen
> is the handle of the coder who started the project, though now many,
> many people contribute to it!
>
> -Taylor
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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
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