Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 18:00 schrieb ext K. Mike Bradley:
Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very
document.
It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin.
It's from the very beginning of Unix. Harddisks where small (or they even
used
Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 20:11 schrieb ext Herman Grootaers:
The division is not so strange as it seems. In */sbin the binaries
placed are used by the systemuser root, that means the binaries can be
used by anyone. in */bin the binaries are under user-control that is
they are owned by the
Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 02:39 schrieb ext K. Mike Bradley:
I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there is
a reply with no message.
Try to explain it to them. http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
should help.
Bye...
Dirk
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:39:25 -0400, K. Mike Bradley wrote:
I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there
is a reply with no message.
Either they are using small screens/large fonts or you need to trim your
quotes. It shouldn't usually be necessary to quote so much
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's sharable and
meant to be read only (these days) ... but what is it for and why do we have
duplication of /bin
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's sharable and
meant to be read only (these days) ...
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very
document.
It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin.
/bin contains commands that may be used by both the system
administrator and by users, but
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
The idea is that / can be a very small partition and contains
everything necessary to boot and administer the system, and /usr can
be a separate partition or logical volume. Some advantages
: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:36 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you Richard.
BTW, on this list it is considered polite to quote messages above your
replies (no top-posting), and to trim the quoted message down to just
the necessary parts.
-Richard
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Hi,
I know the question has already been answered but a little bit of time
ago I wrote this in response to a similar question. I hope it helps
others that are reading the q.
http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2120
Mark
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Sorry I top posted.
Forgot I was on a Linux list.
I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there is a
reply with no message.
Thanks to all of you.
That really helped my understanding.
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