PlugHead wrote on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:33:20PM -0400 : > > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ? > Just a guess, but... If there was a problem mounting your /root > partition, at boot time, wouldn't you be screwed--because you wouldn't > be able to log in as root... (?)
In single user mode, / is your home dir, so I don't think that's it. In reality, I think the answer is more along the lines of "to protect you from yourself." A new user won't know any better than to run as root all the time because "more stuff works when I run as root." And if you say that never happens, we're dealing with a guy right now who has that exact problem. Anyway, if you always do things as root, you also can always screw things up with one slip of the space bar. Now, having said all that, read the following: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.1.html http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.2.html http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.3.html http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.13.html If you have not read the FHS (Filesystem Heirarchy Standard), it makes for good and very illuminating reading, especially when it comes to the multiple bin and sbin directories, as well as everything under /usr and /var. Blue skies... Todd -- ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk
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