bruhduh to Memes@lemmy.ml • 3 months agoIt do be like thatlemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square@Forester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-23 months agoBecause that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
minus-square@xthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilink0•3 months agoRoot’s home has been /root on every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-square@kungen@feddit.nulinkfedilink0•3 months agoBut “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory /.
Why’s your
$HOME“/”?Because that’s the home of root the su command is used to switch user
Root’s home has been
/rooton every distro I’ve ever used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯But “/root” has kinda always been the root user’s home directory, not the root directory
/.It hasn’t. That’s a fairly recent (1990’s) innovation.