Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:00:23 +0100 From: Ashley Moran <work@ashleymoran.me.uk> To: fbsdlists@gmail.com Cc: legalois <legalois@acm.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: one answer Message-ID: <43269527.3040306@ashleymoran.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <54db439905091207171e04dd1c@mail.gmail.com> References: <43241982.7080108@acm.org> <43241CA3.7040706@acm.org> <54db439905091207171e04dd1c@mail.gmail.com>
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Bob Johnson wrote: > On 9/11/05, legalois <legalois@acm.org> wrote: > >>legalois wrote: >> >>According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root) >>The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise >>to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX >>operating system." >>But that does not explain when, how or why? > Hmmm I sent this once but it never made it to the list... so this is a test also to see if I can actually post. I wondered if the joke is that if you spell Charlie's name which his initials you get C H Root? Or is that too obvious? Ashley
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