[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ezrae19:
THANK YOU!!!! I needed to do a few additional tweaks to the update-binary-2 but I finally have root!

Here's my update-binary-2 - it's pretty ugly, and I agree probably not the best way to do it, but hey - it worked. I'm still seeing the pop-up errors about knox and syscope but they aren't really causing any problems that I can tell, so I'll worry about those later.

#!/sbin/sh

OUTFD=$2
ZIP=$3

ui_print() {
echo -n -e "ui_print $1\n" > /proc/self/fd/$OUTFD
echo -n -e "ui_print\n" > /proc/self/fd/$OUTFD
}

set_perm() {
chown $1.$2 $4
chown $1:$2 $4
chmod $3 $4
}

ch_con() {
/system/bin/toolbox chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 $1
chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 $1
}

ch_con_ext() {
/system/bin/toolbox chcon $2 $1
chcon $2 $1
}

ui_print "*********************"
ui_print "SuperSU installer ZIP"
ui_print "*********************"

ui_print "- Mounting /system, /data and rootfs"
mount /system
mount /data
mount -o rw,remount /system
mount -o rw,remount /system /system
mount -o rw,remount /
mount -o rw,remount / /

mount

ABI=$(cat /default.prop | grep ro.product.cpu.abi= | dd bs=1 skip=19 count=3)
ABI2=$(cat /default.prop | grep ro.product.cpu.abi2= | dd bs=1 skip=20 count=3)

ARCH=arm
if [ "$ABI" = "x86" ]; then ARCH=x86; fi;
if [ "$ABI2" = "x86" ]; then ARCH=x86; fi;

API=$(cat /system/build.prop | grep ro.build.version.sdk= | dd bs=1 skip=21 count=2)
SUMOD=06755
SUGOTE=false
MKSH=/system/bin/mksh
if [ "$API" -eq "$API" ]; then
if [ "$API" -gt "17" ]; then
SUMOD=0755
SUGOTE=true
fi
fi
if [ ! -f $MKSH ]; then
MKSH=/system/bin/sh
fi

ui_print "- Extracting files"
cd /data/local/tmp/ghetto
mkdir supersu
cd supersu
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/busybox unzip -o "$ZIP"

BIN=/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH
COM=/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/common

ui_print "- Disabling OTA survival"
chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr
chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr.pie
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr -i /system/xbin/su
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr.pie -i /system/xbin/su
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr -i /system/bin/.ext/.su
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr.pie -i /system/bin/.ext/.su
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr -i /system/xbin/daemonsu
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr.pie -i /system/xbin/daemonsu
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr -i /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/chattr.pie -i /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

ui_print "- Removing old files"
rm -f /system/bin/su
rm -f /system/xbin/su
rm -f /system/xbin/daemonsu
rm -f /system/xbin/sugote
rm -f /system/xbin/sugote-mksh
rm -f /system/bin/.ext/.su
rm -f /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
rm -f /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm -f /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
rm -f /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon
rm -f /system/app/Superuser.apk
rm -f /system/app/Superuser.odex
rm -f /system/app/SuperUser.apk
rm -f /system/app/SuperUser.odex
rm -f /system/app/superuser.apk
rm -f /system/app/superuser.odex
rm -f /system/app/Supersu.apk
rm -f /system/app/Supersu.odex
rm -f /system/app/SuperSU.apk
rm -f /system/app/SuperSU.odex
rm -f /system/app/supersu.apk
rm -f /system/app/supersu.odex
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*com.noshufou.android.su*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*com.koushikdutta.superuser*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*com.mgyun.shua.su*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*Superuser.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*SuperUser.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*superuser.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*eu.chainfire.supersu*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*Supersu.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*SuperSU.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*supersu.apk*
rm -f /data/dalvik-cache/*.oat
rm -f /data/app/com.noshufou.android.su-*
rm -f /data/app/com.koushikdutta.superuser-*
rm -f /data/app/com.mgyun.shua.su-*
rm -f /data/app/eu.chainfire.supersu-*

ui_print "- Creating space"

ui_print "- Placing files"
mkdir /system/bin/.ext
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/su /system/xbin/daemonsu
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/su /system/xbin/su
if ($SUGOTE); then
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/su /system/xbin/sugote
cp $MKSH /system/xbin/sugote-mksh
fi
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/$ARCH/su /system/bin/.ext/.su
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/common/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/common/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
ln -s /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
mkdir /system/etc/init.d
cp /data/local/tmp/ghetto/supersu/common/99SuperSUDaemon /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
echo 1 > /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon

ui_print "- Restoring files"

ui_print "- Setting permissions"
set_perm 0 0 0777 /system/bin/.ext
set_perm 0 0 $SUMOD /system/bin/.ext/.su
set_perm 0 0 $SUMOD /system/xbin/su
if ($SUGOTE); then
set_perm 0 0 0755 /system/xbin/sugote
set_perm 0 0 0755 /system/xbin/sugote-mksh
fi
set_perm 0 0 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
set_perm 0 0 0755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
set_perm 0 0 0755 /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
set_perm 0 0 0644 /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon
set_perm 0 0 0644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

ch_con /system/bin/.ext/.su
ch_con /system/xbin/su
if ($SUGOTE); then
ch_con_ext /system/xbin/sugote u:object_r:zygote_exec:s0
ch_con /system/xbin/sugote-mksh
fi
ch_con /system/xbin/daemonsu
ch_con /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
ch_con /system/etc/init.d/99SuperSUDaemon
ch_con /system/etc/.installed_su_daemon
ch_con /system/app/Superuser.apk

ui_print "- Post-installation script"
/system/xbin/su --install

ui_print "- Unmounting /system and /data"
umount /system
umount /data

ui_print "- Done !"
exit 0