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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