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Date:      Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:48:18 +0200
From:      legalois <legalois@acm.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Who's "Charlie Root"?
Message-ID:  <43241982.7080108@acm.org>

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I've been using FreeBSD for quite a few years, and I've sometimes 
wondered but never asked before:
In the FreeBSD standard distribution, why is the user root always named 
Charlie?
There must be some bit of Unix lore or anecdote that explains it.




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