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Old December 5th, 2011, 10:34 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by saulback View Post
I just installed android-sdk. I have adb, but I can't find fastboot anywhere. I thought it should have been installed with the sdk. How do I find it? I run linux, and all I can find to download are for windows.
saul, I have it in my collection:

http://ted.servepics.com/gnex/fastboot-linux

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Teddy,

The su binary is what other apps call when they need superuser rights. The binary checks the database maintained by Superuser.apk to determine if you have already granted rights to the requesting app, and if not tells Superuser.apk to display a prompt asking you for permission.
I would rather err on the side of caution, as this does not say what su does when there is no database to refer to at all. Something in my mind tells me that su would just go ahead and grant any request since there's nothing saying not to. I guess we could ask ChainsDD, maybe I will.

That's my take.
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