Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: root's home directory Message-ID: <43800008@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 23:20:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcla.43800008 Posted: Tue Mar 20 23:20:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 01:31:41 EST References: <588@sun.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:sun:-58800:hpfcla:43800008:000:445 Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs Mar 17 20:20:00 1984 > Does anyone know what happens if you change root's home directory > to something other than "/"? Hmmm... On HP-UX, which is USG System III based, the superuser has a personal directory, /users/root. We've never had any trouble with it at all, in fact, never considered any other alternative. Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"