On Friday 06 April 2007, Tim wrote: > 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. Lets see if I have this. What they mean by the ...the corresponding subsystem... is the three directories listed below from the documentation. Directory Description home User home directories (optional) lib<qual> Alternate format essential shared libraries (optional) root Home directory for the root user (optional) -- If the word following begins with a vowel, the word you want is... to read the rest of this, go here http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/a.html
