Content of root's home directory in OSX
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What is stored in root's home directory on OSX? What happens if you delete it on accident?
Here's what's in my current root home folder.
OSX:~ root# ls -lash
total 8
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850B Nov 14 11:42 ..
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3B Nov 14 03:40 .CFUserTextEncoding
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10B Jun 28 2014 .forward
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 Library
Here's what's in the Library
OSX:~ root# ls -lash Library
total 0
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 .
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 ..
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 0B Aug 24 2013 .localized
0 drwx------+ 3 root wheel 102B Dec 11 16:22 Application Support
0 drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374B Dec 11 16:21 Caches
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:14 Cookies
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Nov 14 03:43 Dictionaries
0 drwx------ 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:13 Logs
0 drwx------ 24 root wheel 816B Mar 26 15:13 Preferences
0 drwx------ 2 root wheel 68B Nov 14 11:34 Saved Application State
osx root home
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What is stored in root's home directory on OSX? What happens if you delete it on accident?
Here's what's in my current root home folder.
OSX:~ root# ls -lash
total 8
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850B Nov 14 11:42 ..
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3B Nov 14 03:40 .CFUserTextEncoding
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10B Jun 28 2014 .forward
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 Library
Here's what's in the Library
OSX:~ root# ls -lash Library
total 0
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 .
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 ..
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 0B Aug 24 2013 .localized
0 drwx------+ 3 root wheel 102B Dec 11 16:22 Application Support
0 drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374B Dec 11 16:21 Caches
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:14 Cookies
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Nov 14 03:43 Dictionaries
0 drwx------ 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:13 Logs
0 drwx------ 24 root wheel 816B Mar 26 15:13 Preferences
0 drwx------ 2 root wheel 68B Nov 14 11:34 Saved Application State
osx root home
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
Looks just like the~/Librarydirectory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific toroothere.
– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51
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What is stored in root's home directory on OSX? What happens if you delete it on accident?
Here's what's in my current root home folder.
OSX:~ root# ls -lash
total 8
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850B Nov 14 11:42 ..
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3B Nov 14 03:40 .CFUserTextEncoding
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10B Jun 28 2014 .forward
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 Library
Here's what's in the Library
OSX:~ root# ls -lash Library
total 0
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 .
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 ..
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 0B Aug 24 2013 .localized
0 drwx------+ 3 root wheel 102B Dec 11 16:22 Application Support
0 drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374B Dec 11 16:21 Caches
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:14 Cookies
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Nov 14 03:43 Dictionaries
0 drwx------ 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:13 Logs
0 drwx------ 24 root wheel 816B Mar 26 15:13 Preferences
0 drwx------ 2 root wheel 68B Nov 14 11:34 Saved Application State
osx root home
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
What is stored in root's home directory on OSX? What happens if you delete it on accident?
Here's what's in my current root home folder.
OSX:~ root# ls -lash
total 8
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 850B Nov 14 11:42 ..
8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3B Nov 14 03:40 .CFUserTextEncoding
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10B Jun 28 2014 .forward
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 Library
Here's what's in the Library
OSX:~ root# ls -lash Library
total 0
0 drwx------ 10 root wheel 340B Mar 21 10:13 .
0 drwxr-x--- 5 root wheel 170B Nov 14 03:40 ..
0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 0B Aug 24 2013 .localized
0 drwx------+ 3 root wheel 102B Dec 11 16:22 Application Support
0 drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374B Dec 11 16:21 Caches
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:14 Cookies
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102B Nov 14 03:43 Dictionaries
0 drwx------ 3 root wheel 102B Mar 21 10:13 Logs
0 drwx------ 24 root wheel 816B Mar 26 15:13 Preferences
0 drwx------ 2 root wheel 68B Nov 14 11:34 Saved Application State
osx root home
osx root home
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
edited Oct 26 '16 at 11:21
Jeff Schaller
39.5k1054126
39.5k1054126
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
asked Mar 26 '15 at 22:51
SeanLeftBelowSeanLeftBelow
142
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Looks just like the~/Librarydirectory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific toroothere.
– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51
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Looks just like the~/Librarydirectory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific toroothere.
– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51
Looks just like the
~/Library directory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific to root here.– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51
Looks just like the
~/Library directory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific to root here.– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51
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Nothing special. The root user is not an administrative clerk or business manager. You could probably keep it permanently removed and nothing amazing would happen.
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Nothing special. The root user is not an administrative clerk or business manager. You could probably keep it permanently removed and nothing amazing would happen.
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Nothing special. The root user is not an administrative clerk or business manager. You could probably keep it permanently removed and nothing amazing would happen.
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Nothing special. The root user is not an administrative clerk or business manager. You could probably keep it permanently removed and nothing amazing would happen.
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Looks just like the
~/Librarydirectory structure of any other user on MacOS, nothing specific toroothere.– Celada
Mar 26 '15 at 23:51