On Sunday 03 of July 2005 08:06, you wrote: > I deleted them because they where readable for all users and I couldn't > find a logical reason to place the files there. > So should I recreate them? > > Wouldn't it be much more logical "if" if it deals with 'root' to place > these files in /root ? > > But it would be great if somebody (who knows the exact reason) would > tellme what these files are for.
I *think* they are there for booting in single user/maintenance mode, when no filesystems are mounted yet (and you could put /root on one of those too), so better to have them - and i don't think it hurts much if those are world readable. But, i *think* that, i'm not absolutely positive... viq ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jak powstaje auto? >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1898
