crack root

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

crack root
 v.

   [very common] To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain
   {root} privileges thereby; see {cracking}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

crack root

   <security, jargon> To defeat the security system of a {Unix}
   machine and gain {root} privileges thereby.

   See {cracker}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1996-08-10)

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