The Android operating system requires root privileges to run some operations on its devices.
An Android device agent requires root privileges to:
Obtaining root privileges
Root privileges can be automatically obtained without any interaction on the device.
However, automatic acquisition is not always guaranteed. If automatic acquisition fails and Required User interaction was selected during agent compilation, the agent requests the user manually obtains privileges from the device if permitted by the operating system.
Checking for root privileges
To check for root privileges on the target device, enable the Device module.
Root status is indicated in Device type evidence; if root privileges were obtained, root:yes appears.
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