>From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] /root and / >Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 14:27:41 -0400 > >On Saturday 05 October 2002 11:35 am, you wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 00:00, Todd Lyons wrote: > > > PlugHead wrote on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:33:20PM -0400 : > > > > > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ? > > > > > > > > Just a guess, but... If there was a problem mounting your /root > > > > partition, at boot time, wouldn't you be screwed--because you >wouldn't > > > > be able to log in as root... (?) > > > > > > In single user mode, / is your home dir, so I don't think that's it. > > > > > > In reality, I think the answer is more along the lines of "to protect > > > you from yourself." A new user won't know any better than to run as > > > root all the time because "more stuff works when I run as root." And >if > > > you say that never happens, we're dealing with a guy right now who has > > > that exact problem. Anyway, if you always do things as root, you also > > > can always screw things up with one slip of the space bar. > > > > I agree. However I Dont run EVERYTHING as root nor am I a new user. Also > > being an IT Manager I DO occasionally su to root and ssh into my > > company's machines as root to do admin stuff so I really would not want > > to blast away my ssh keys nor my root env. >hmmm is it possible to ssh as a user and then su to root? would that not be >more secure? Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you can ssh into root. > > > > > > Now, having said all that, read the following: > > > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.1.html > > > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.2.html > > > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.3.html > > > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.13.html > > > > > > If you have not read the FHS (Filesystem Heirarchy Standard), it makes > > > for good and very illuminating reading, especially when it comes to >the > > > multiple bin and sbin directories, as well as everything under /usr >and > > > /var. > > > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > > -- > > > ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious > > > anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you > > > will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. > > > Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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