Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> writes: > Denying an admin the right to create other directories in the root of > /usr/local/ makes no sense to me.
It makes sense in the context of “this space reserved for future use”. The operating system reserves some name spaces – including the root directory – to allow newer versions to introduce new entries unilaterally, knowing that any existing entry found there is *already* in violation of the standard and should be removed. -- \ “Only good questions deserve good answers.” —Oscar Wilde, _De | `\ Profundis_, 1897 | _o__) | Ben Finney
