bruhduh@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIt do be like thatlemmy.worldimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down114cross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1454arrow-down1imageIt do be like thatlemmy.worldbruhduh@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square23linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoBecause that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoRoot’s home has been /root on every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoConsumer distros vs enterprise systems would be my guess I’m from the RHEL branch
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoBut “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory /.
minus-squareTelex@sopuli.xyzBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt hasn’t. That’s a fairly recent (1990’s) innovation.
Why’s your
$HOME“/”?Because that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
Root’s home has been
/rooton every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Consumer distros vs enterprise systems would be my guess I’m from the RHEL branch
But “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory
/.It hasn’t. That’s a fairly recent (1990’s) innovation.