crack root

<security, jargon>

To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby. The sort of thing a cracker wants to do.

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Last updated: 2010-02-04

Nearby terms:

cr ♦ cracker ♦ cracking ♦ crack root ♦ crank ♦ crapplet ♦ CrApTeX ♦ crash

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