From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) Subject: Re: Linux File System Document Revision 1.0 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1992 00:26:38 GMT
In article <RAD.92Mar10153332@merlin.think.com> of alt.os.linux,
rad@merlin.think.com (Bob Doolittle) writes:
>
> Something you didn't address - the home directory for root. I respectfully
> suggest it *not* be /usr/root, because /usr may well be a mountable file
> system (it is in my case), which causes various startup problems. Most
> systems have the home directory for root be /. I suggest we change it to
> there, in spite of the problems with cluttering / (how much really gets put
> into root's home directory anyway, other than . startup files which don't
> show up and clutter a directory listing?).
>
I think it was specified under /home that /home should contain all user hom
e directories EXCEPT ROOT WHICH SHOULD BE /. [My emphasis]
On another question: what is the rationale behind /usr/tmp anyway? If
/tmp is allowed to be an installable system anyway, why not make /tmp
link to /usr/tmp if it is desirable to keep it on /usr?
Am I missing something?
/hpa
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