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NookColor Installing su and the Superuser app

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Credit for this guide goes to this post by hharte on the xda-developer forums.

1. Download File:Superuser.zip File:Su.zip (version 2.3.6.1) or the latest version from xda-developers Forum

2. Extract the contents of the zip(s) into a temporary directory

$ unzip ~/Downloads/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip

3. Install the app and move the su binary over

$ adb install Superuser.apk
$ adb push su /data/local/

4. Shell into your nook using adb and copy the su binary into the correct directory

$ adb shell
# cd /system/bin
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
# cat /data/local/su > su
# chmod 6755 su
# ls -l su
-rwsr-sr-x root     root        26264 2010-12-01 10:27 su
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