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I've been doing linux for awhile and that explanation is confusing to me, so I see where they're coming from. I usually oversimplify: "root" is a keyword typic

by lyzan 8y ago

I've been doing linux for awhile and that explanation is confusing to me, so I see where they're coming from. I usually oversimplify: "root" is a keyword typically used to be all incompacing. The system root contains all files in the system. The user root is a super-admin that has all user rights in the system. The group root is a super-admin group the root user is assigned to and has all group rights.

ScottBurson 8y ago
"encompassing"
Koshkin 8y ago
> The system root contains all files in the system. Note that, strictly speaking, this is a misconception. The root file system is the one which is at the root of the hierarchy of mounted file systems. Even the notion of something being (or not being) "in the system" can be misleading, because today's systems, including storage devices, can be distributed in various ways.