From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 20 23:47:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28872 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:47:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flarn.it.ca (flarn.it.ca [199.45.111.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28866 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:47:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@flarn.it.ca) Received: (from paul@localhost) by flarn.it.ca (8.9.1/8.9.1) id CAA23899; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 02:47:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul) Message-ID: <19990121024750.C22392@it.ca> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 02:47:50 -0500 From: Paul Chvostek To: "N. R.R." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root directory link References: <19990121022357.7344.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990121022357.7344.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com>; from N. R.R. on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 06:23:57PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 06:23:57PM -0800, N. R.R. wrote: > Hello again, > > What problems might I encounter if I move my root directory to > /usr/root/ and create a symbolic link? Remember that when you boot in single user mode, no file system mounts are done. So if root's home directory doesn't exist, a single user shell will not be able to find /root/.profile, so it'll read /.profile if it's there. Other than that, you won't see much of a difference. -- Paul Chvostek Operations / Development vox: +1 416 598 0000 IT Canada http://www.it.ca/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message