bruhduh@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoIt do be like thatlemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down111cross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1396arrow-down1imageIt do be like thatlemmy.worldbruhduh@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: linuxmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoBecause that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
minus-squarekungenlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoBut “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory /.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoIt hasn’t. That’s a fairly recent (1990’s) innovation.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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)_/¯