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arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkIt do be like thatlemmy.worldbruhduh@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoBecause that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoBut “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory /.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoIt hasn’t. That’s a fairly recent (1990’s) innovation.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoRoot’s home has been /root on every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why’s your
$HOME“/”?Because that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
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.
Root’s home has been
/rooton every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯