one answer

legalois legalois at acm.org
Sun Sep 11 05:10:37 PDT 2005


legalois wrote:
> I've been using FreeBSD for quite a few years, and I've sometimes 
> wondered but never asked before:
> In the FreeBSD standard distribution, why is the user root always named 
> Charlie?
> There must be some bit of Unix lore or anecdote that explains it.
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I found one answer, but not really an explanation.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Root)
The name of a famous American baseball player (1899-1970) "...gives rise 
to the name used for many "root" system accounts under the UNIX 
operating system."
But that does not explain when, how or why?




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