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<sect1 id="root">
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<title>/root</title>
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<para>
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This is the home directory of the System Administrator, 'root'.
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This may be somewhat confusing ('root on root') but in former days,
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'/' was root's home directory (hence the name of the Administrator
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account). To keep things tidier, 'root' got his own home directory.
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Why not in '/home'? Because '/home' is often located on a different
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partition or even on another system and would thus be inaccessible
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to 'root' when - for some reason - only '/' is mounted.
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</para>
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<para>
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The FSSTND merely states that this is the recommended location for
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the home directory of 'root'. It is left up to the end user to determine
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the home directory of 'root'. However, the FSSTND also says that:
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</para>
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<para>
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<screen>
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If the home directory of the root account is not stored on the root
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partition it will be necessary to make certain it will default to
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/ if it can not be located.
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We recommend against using the root account for tasks that can be
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performed as an unprivileged user, and that it be used solely for
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system administration. For this reason, we recommend that subdirectories
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for mail and other applications not appear in the root account’s home
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directory, and that mail for administration roles such as root, postmaster,
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and webmaster be forwarded to an appropriate user.
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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