Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 16:19:52 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info>, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ``root''? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021104161952.01125110@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20021104220831.GA1142@lewiz.org> References: <1036447407.804.36.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> <1036447407.804.36.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net>
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At 10:08 PM 11.4.2002 +0000, lewiz wrote: >On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 04:03:26PM -0600, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:00, lewiz wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've been wondering - what does ``root'' stand for? I've just been >> > doing some calculus as part of my math. homework and I've just written >> > down ``there are no ``real'' roots'' - is this possibly something to do >> > with the meaning of ``root'' - i.e. root = answer? >> Root of the user tree. Root of all users. Root of the machine. >> >> Tradition. > >Maybe I was reading into it just a bit too deep then... ;) > >> I always related it to "running as root" which has "root" access to the "root" of the system, or the "root of the tree".... etc.... root = "GOD" of the system. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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