Feature changed by: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) Feature #314883, revision 3 Title: /root symlinked to /home/root openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Kalenz . (kalenz) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I might be saying something stupid here, in which case just shout me down. But: by default openSUSE installs with a separate /home partition, and for a typical user the most obvious benefits are: - ability to format/reinstall without erasing /home; - ability to share /home with different installs/distros; - (less sexy: keep root partition small, for efficiency.) Based on the first two arguments, I think we would be doing most users a favour by placing /root on the /home folder. Arguments for: (1) It is the home folder of the root user, so surely /home is a sensible place to keep it; (2) /root typically contains credential files, config scripts and so on, which you probably don't want to lose if you format / (and not /home). Arguments against: (3) I can imagine this to be problematic if you encrypt /, but not /home. What do others think? + Discussion: + #1: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) (2013-03-03 17:59:49) + This is IMO not a good idea because: if you have a problem with the + home directory (especially not enought space left) a user that is not + technical can use the guy of root to understand what is going on. Of + course one should login as root as less as possible and if possible not + as GUI. But there are situations where this comes handy. i.e. if you + want to find out if the reason of KDE not starting is in KDE or in the + home directory (if you put the home of root in home you cannot + differentiate this any more. b) you are right also that with the + encrypted partition this will be also an issue c) it would make the + home of root seem to be "just a home" and the user would not ask + herself why root is a very special and different user and will lower + the inhibition to login as root in a GUI. d) I do not think that this + would be a good idea even with permissions (although i am not sure + about the last point). e) the problem of sharing /home with different + distros is AFAIK not limited to the location of home but much more the + fact of different settings in KDE and different approaches with links + and scripts within the distros. Therefore it is not IMO a good idea to + share /home with different distros. Just my two cents, so I voted + against. Sorry. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314883