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Updated to incorporate changes in FHS 2.3

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partition or even on another system and would thus be inaccessible
to 'root' when - for some reason - only '/' is mounted.
</para>
<para>
The FSSTND merely states that this is the recommended location for
the home directory of 'root'. It is left up to the end user to determine
the home directory of 'root'. However, the FSSTND also says that:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
If the home directory of the root account is not stored on the root
partition it will be necessary to make certain it will default to
/ if it can not be located.
We recommend against using the root account for tasks that can be
performed as an unprivileged user, and that it be used solely for
system administration. For this reason, we recommend that subdirectories
for mail and other applications not appear in the root account’s home
directory, and that mail for administration roles such as root, postmaster,
and webmaster be forwarded to an appropriate user.
</screen>
</para>
</sect1>