Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 04:23:20 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: DaleCo Help Desk <daleco@daleco.biz> Cc: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ``root''? Message-ID: <20021105022320.GF33199@gray.sea.gr> In-Reply-To: <010b01c2845a$0ba83010$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> <010b01c2845a$0ba83010$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
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On 2002-11-04 17:29, DaleCo Help Desk <daleco@daleco.biz> wrote: > From: "lewiz" <purple@lewiz.info> > To: "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:00 PM > Subject: ``root''? > > Classic computer science. A search tree begins with > one decision, branching to two, each of those with 2 > more possibilities, etc., etc., etc. > > Go to / and type "cd .." you can't go any deeper/ > higher...(more classic comp sci --- trees grow > upside down.....) You are at the 'root' of the tree. This doesn't explain why the username though. It certainly is a good explanation of the filesystem-related meaning. One minor extra hint and it's all set. In older UNIX installations, the HOME directory of the root user was in fact ``the root of the filesystem'' and not /root as it is now. I don't know what came first, the username or the HOME though. Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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