I searched XDA and did many Google searches, but have yet to find a method to root this device on 6.0.1 that seemed reliable; all the most recent posts on XDA seemed to show users having issues rooting or the root guides are outdated and were written for 5.1.1.
I've been a Nexus phone owner since Galaxy Nexus and am quite experienced with rooting, but I haven't had a need to root my Nexus phones in a while and I have never rooted my Nexus Player. Are any of you rooted on the newest 6.0.1 Fugu build? If so, how did you do it?
The only thing I want root for is to enable adb over network. I also have a Sony Android TV and this option to enable adb over network is right in developer options. I can't understand why this isn't on the Nexus Player, which is an Android development device. I don't want to have to hook my Nexus Player to my computer in a different room every time I feel the need to use adb. If there's a way to enable adb over network on the Nexus Player without root, please let me know. Any way, I thought this would be the right place to ask.
Look for Nexus Root Toolkit on xda. You just have follow the instructions that it gives. Make sure you unlock the bootloader before doing anything else.