Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:58:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: flux <flux@hotbox.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/home directory Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0312230954050.14217@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <1561878551.20031224123741@hotbox.ru> References: <1561878551.20031224123741@hotbox.ru>
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, flux wrote: > Maybe kinda strange question, but... > Why users' home directory located in /usr by default, not in > root directory unlike Linux? > Any ideas? Hysterical raisins. Amongst other things, /home was often given to the automounter so people's home directories could rove. If you want to change this, pw useradd -D -b /home will probably do the trick (you will need to move existing directories). -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ "Impact of vulnerability: Run code of an attacker's choice Maximum Severity Rating: Moderate" -- M$ security bulletin
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