> The only requirement is to have write permissions on the parent directory (and the execute flag on the parent directory). > The $HOME directory naturally ful

> The only requirement is to have write permissions on the parent directory (and the execute flag on the parent directory). > The $HOME directory naturally fulfills both of these requirements from the user’s perspective. Note that there's nothing special about the user's home directory here, it just happens to normally have u+wx. It's entirely possible to have the user's home not owned by themselves; you might want to do this for example if you have a restricted user who you don't want messing around with their dotfiles.