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RE: Location of root's Home Directory

Paveza, Gary -- Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:50:04 +0100 (MET)

Title: RE: [HPADM] Location of root's Home Directory

1), if you keep a lot of files, you don't clutter up the / directory
2), and probably most important, if you remove files, you are more likely to be in your home directory.  Nothing worse than removing all files.

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Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
Technical Support Specialist

    -----Original Message-----
    From:   Anthony Bergen [SMTP:abergen@northwest.ca]
    Sent:   Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:28 PM
    To:     'hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl'
    Subject:        [HPADM] Location of root's Home Directory

    Hi

    I was reading a presentation that Bill Hassel made at Interworks many years
    back, and one of the things he suggested was not having root's home
    directory be /.

    I have moved root's home directory to /home/root, but I am having problems
    convincing a co-worker that this was a good idea.

    Could anyone out there give me a list of some of the reasons why this is a
    good thing to do?

    Thanks.  I will summarize.

    Tony Bergen, B.C.Sc., MCSE, HP Certified
    UNIX Architect

    The North West Company
    77 Main Street
    Winnipeg, MB
    R3C 2R1
    Phone:  (204)934-1592
    Cell:  (204)795-2821
    E-Mail:  abergen@northwest.ca

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