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
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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