From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 7774d824 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CA2C2A1E26; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:19:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB439E99B; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:18:50 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=hjUVZjup; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A24EB9E99B; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:18:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f182.google.com (mail-pf1-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F5199E998 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:18:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f182.google.com with SMTP id k19-v6so2047113pfi.1 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:18:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+MTCCenfbh8X5i4K8I+GQHrf/aLN0NjqgeSvHzD9Omk=; b=hjUVZjup+gvyjd9C/Ln+H0dqTINvHnc/RpfbmFnqRClnhJ6TltsXI+QV+CHFVDbgrp jg/npxvKIO8O+r6C1BBKGu6cpNw5SXrmDpXAZ4Ks+7LB9Ul79Ste+cUGUBHxyJ0j6g61 ucQu2mIoFHxH+pbOY/7me9mWTl8MInvDWULxC5SbzzeDSopFItF3xrIYMaqqL0K1iUi+ XLCPGcAZIND9S/V+ex8Vp5NhHoQPGX1up2RXc3SuIGiufNmQGl5OZAdNi0H5gnqkbfp6 VlmiAn2Q5H2BZhv+m1GoGtJ+WUOUltZd2FvFNQDkRy/8HIZxqD4lSW4DnZGCI+9GV4iK qb9Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+MTCCenfbh8X5i4K8I+GQHrf/aLN0NjqgeSvHzD9Omk=; b=AjdqmnluFC0Op+fYI6MOtRTbLhcPzqp//e3l+g6PEmMNjSbQ2zib+uuX9XWE5owKea fsiDeVnz2g7VjOHkTU8pEeb8NtnkUugMgNhHsMTMQO0W4wSF814XSg14ypI2yuzhlY6j TjwMMc9dM2nb60mXI6JsYtO2YmIUZlbcvLfO1kZ8n+4HBnzQKdOZ4H552AHu2kgJ97ki cIPzd7ZDLT21Xu/Wc5o5ZdjrcajiQavvs6XAKY0iIVtfr6aODLUt+yF7/sCMhoUwbwuA bJtvlQ8GJ8jTHWDIt4o2+nVXKaKMFUnmxd8aDPKuWCel6Bmrkc9R9UMc5k1KWFTWMgl9 UctA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfohN/Od/kNSnGYTmJuts37f1/WHFef0TCWYZlCK/PqLRMh1Evfr+ eqda5jZHlQhmBNIBrMkgN79TP3zk X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV63DR8JNSsalmztosDjtGmpvAjdvY8o46gwQbKfrc+9qgtXv2rBbPtapm2GIC1JYAMo2Zerj+A== X-Received: by 2002:a62:d40d:: with SMTP id a13-v6mr6185521pfh.23.1538057928238; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:18:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.42.10] (157-131-142-64.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.142.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5-v6sm3387110pgc.86.2018.09.27.07.18.47 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:18:47 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20180927120854.u8rei%ca6c@bitmessage.ch> <633187202.18875.1538053129435.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be04> From: Jon Forrest Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:18:48 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Another reason why the home directory part of /usr was made into /home is because after doing so, it was possible to mount /usr read-only, and supply it from a server. This was the so-called "dataless" method. I wrote a short email message summarizing what we were doing with this in UC Berkeley Comp. Sci., and mentioning a paper I had written describing how to create a "dataless" environment for DEC's OSF1 operating system (see http://beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2008-July/022210.html). Jon Forrest