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Bob Johnson wrote: > On 9/11/05, legalois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root) >>The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise >>to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX >>operating system." >>But that does not explain when, how or why? > > > When you find out, please update the Wikipedia entry! You ought to be > able to track down who made that edit in Wikipedia, and ask them for > more details. > Just as a wild guess... if you write Charlie's name with his initals you get CHRoot. Could that be it? Ashley ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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Bob Johnson wrote: On 9/11/05, legalois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: legalois wrote: According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root) The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX operating system." But that does not explain when, how or why? Hmmm I sent this once but it never made it to the list... so this is a test also to see if I can actually post. I wondered if the joke is that if you spell Charlie's name which his initials you get C H Root? Or is that too obvious? Ashley ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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On 9/11/05, legalois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > legalois wrote: > > I've been using FreeBSD for quite a few years, and I've sometimes > > wondered but never asked before: > > In the FreeBSD standard distribution, why is the user root always named > > Charlie? > > There must be some bit of Unix lore or anecdote that explains it. > > I found one answer, but not really an explanation. > According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root) > The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise > to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX > operating system." > But that does not explain when, how or why? When you find out, please update the Wikipedia entry! You ought to be able to track down who made that edit in Wikipedia, and ask them for more details. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: legalois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: But that does not explain when, how or why? It was earlier than 20'jun'93, the oldest master.passwd in CVS which says that it was imported from "386BSD 0.1". It's easier to guess an explanation for this orignal entry: daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root: That lasted only 8 months in FreeBSD, and the exorcism was not mentioned in the CVS commit message. That helps and provides a lead. Based on that provenance, I guess Marshall Kirk McCusick would know. (He probably would know, in any case.) Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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legalois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But that does not explain when, how or why? It was earlier than 20'jun'93, the oldest master.passwd in CVS which says that it was imported from "386BSD 0.1". It's easier to guess an explanation for this orignal entry: daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root: That lasted only 8 months in FreeBSD, and the exorcism was not mentioned in the CVS commit message. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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legalois wrote: I've been using FreeBSD for quite a few years, and I've sometimes wondered but never asked before: In the FreeBSD standard distribution, why is the user root always named Charlie? There must be some bit of Unix lore or anecdote that explains it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I found one answer, but not really an explanation. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root) The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX operating system." But that does not explain when, how or why? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
