"One-user" is probably the correct grammar. David,
From: David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:08:28 -0600 > And it's been designed with that in mind. Debian hasn't. I wondered whether others had worked out a recipe for single-user. In fact, yes, there's DebianDog. References 7 and 8 here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-weight_Linux_distribution > I can't understand this. If you carry out your intention, then > /home becomes just another top-level directory like /media. > You don't need to put /root into it just to make a point. You > can use it for just your data files, and not your dotfiles â > particularly if /home is on a separate partition. I don't understand either. We're "at crossed purposes"? root@joule:/root# df | grep sd /dev/sda2 7159288 6635136 140768 98% / /dev/sda4 131124764 12951820 111512132 11% /home /dev/sdb1 3658244 2026200 1446196 59% /home/root/MY Note that / is 98% full whereas /home is 11% full. The intention in moving the root home directory from / to /home is just to have space for my data. Yes, 98% needs attention. Rather than link /root to /home/root probably better to edit /etc/passwd to have root homed at /home/root. Can try that. > You may hit snags. Some programs might refuse to run, or do > strange things because they're written to distinguish between > root and an ordinary user. Used it since yesterday with no significant problem. > But hey, it could be quite exciting, like carrying a cocked > revolver tucked into your waistband. One casual typo, one > misplaced space, and you can blow away a whole disk. I view this as an experiment. If I destroy the system, I reinstall. The debian installer is moderately easy to use. =8~) Also I have the spare machine ready to go as described in the smartd thread. Did you use DOS decades ago? Have you clobbered a DOS system? If interested, try DebianDog or Puppy or my simpistic approach. > Not really â except perhaps on Puppy where it's been seen as > controversial, and hence discussed. Discussion here. https://wikka.puppylinux.com/spot Note priviledge and and security aspects. > ISTR earlier posts where you've run up against permission problems, ... Not my motivation. This computer isn't a mainframe system with multiple users. I'm just exploring simplifications. Thanks for the feedback, ... P. -- mobile: +1 778 951 5147 VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 48.7693 N 123.3053 W