> Here's a quick question: Why is my /home g+s staff? > drwxrwsr-x 4 root staff 1024 Mar 19 23:05 /home/
Your $HOME directory is probably /home/<username>. /home is the parent directory for the home directories of all the users (real and system) on your machine. Normally only the staff can add or delete users, or change access to users' directories. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/1.2/fsstnd-toc.html recommends a good division of the address space and authority. For decades, I have added drwxr.xr.x 4 tool bin ... /usr/packages I place original distributions in /usr/packages/<package-identifier> along with their licensing info, installation notes, etc. The package is actually installed here by an unprivelaged user (tool) and then symbolic links connect it to /usr/local/... By this method, one can install packages easily, and uninstall cleanly. Removal of the directory, and all symbolic links into it, will entirely purge the package except for a handful of configuration files that I always list in the installation notes. For the last year, I've been using a package called opt_depot that is a set of shell scripts to automate the above. I plan to put opt_depot on my new Debian system soon to handle packages that are not yet debianized (e.g. kermit, Mosaic, calc-el) and to provide clean removal capability. Hope this helps, -- Robert Meier FANUC Robotics North America, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 1-810-377-7469 Fax: 1-810-377-7363