On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 14:41 -0400, linuxmaillists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ > I went to the above URL what exactly are they talking about > when they say: if the corresponding subsystem is installed > > > The following directories, or symbolic links to directories, > must be in /, if the corresponding subsystem is installed: > > Directory Description > home User home directories (optional) > lib<qual> Alternate format essential shared libraries (optional) > root Home directory for the root user (optional) If you have users on your system (e.g. it's not a single purpose server), then you'd have a /home directory. Of course, there are some systems that had things like /usr/local/home, and various other variations on a theme, but /home is the FHS requirement. If you had 64-bit systems that made use of /lib.64 (or something similarly named) then you'd have a /lib.64 directory. Or i386 versus other CPU types. And so on... It is *possible* to dispense with having a /root home directory for a root user, or have it elsewhere. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
