[tor-bugs] #6988 [Orbot]: [orbot] Orbot relies on "which" to find the "su" binary.

Fri Sep 28 02:34:55 UTC 2012

#6988: [orbot] Orbot relies on "which" to find the "su" binary.
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 Reporter:  MSal                   |          Owner:  n8fr8
     Type:  defect                 |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                 |      Milestone:       
Component:  Orbot                  |        Version:       
 Keywords:  su root busybox which  |         Parent:       
   Points:                         |   Actualpoints:       
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 On a stock system without busybox, requesting root access fails because
 "which"(a part of busybox) is not available.

 D/Orbot   (12049): executing shell cmds: which su;
 runAsRoot=false;waitFor=true
 D/Orbot   (12049): Could not acquire root permissions

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 % adb shell
 shell at android:/ $ which which
 /system/bin/sh: which: not found
 127|shell at android:/ $su
 shell at android:/ # echo -e '#!/system/bin/sh\necho /system/xbin/su' >
 /system/xbin/which
 shell at android:/ # chmod 755 /system/xbin/which
 shell at android:/ # which
 /system/xbin/su
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 After that. It works.

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