Re: One-user system. Was "One user system."

From	peter@easthope.ca
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Subject	Re: One-user system. Was "One user system."
Date	2022-02-04 20:00 +0100
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"One-user" is probably the correct grammar.

David,

    From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
    Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:08:28 -0600
> And it's been designed with that in mind. Debian hasn't.

I wondered whether others had worked out a recipe for single-user.  In 
fact, yes, there's DebianDog.  References 7 and 8 here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-weight_Linux_distribution

> I can't understand this. If you carry out your intention, then
> /home becomes just another top-level directory like /media.
> You don't need to put /root into it just to make a point. You
> can use it for just your data files, and not your dotfiles —
> particularly if /home is on a separate partition.

I don't understand either.  We're "at crossed purposes"?

root@joule:/root# df | grep sd
/dev/sda2        7159288  6635136    140768  98% /
/dev/sda4      131124764 12951820 111512132  11% /home
/dev/sdb1        3658244  2026200   1446196  59% /home/root/MY

Note that / is 98% full whereas /home is 11% full. The intention in 
moving the root home directory from / to /home is just to have space 
for my data. 

Yes, 98% needs attention.

Rather than link /root to /home/root probably better to edit 
/etc/passwd to have root homed at /home/root. Can try that.

> You may hit snags. Some programs might refuse to run, or do
> strange things because they're written to distinguish between
> root and an ordinary user.

Used it since yesterday with no significant problem.

> But hey, it could be quite exciting, like carrying a cocked
> revolver tucked into your waistband. One casual typo, one
> misplaced space, and you can blow away a whole disk.

I view this as an experiment.  If I destroy the system, I reinstall.  
The debian installer is moderately easy to use.  =8~)

Also I have the spare machine ready to go as described in the smartd 
thread.

Did you use DOS decades ago?  Have you clobbered a DOS system?

If interested, try DebianDog or Puppy or my simpistic approach.

> Not really — except perhaps on Puppy where it's been seen as
> controversial, and hence discussed.

Discussion here.  https://wikka.puppylinux.com/spot
Note priviledge and and security aspects.

> ISTR earlier posts where you've run up against permission problems, ...

Not my motivation.  This computer isn't a mainframe system with 
multiple users. I'm just exploring simplifications.

Thanks for the feedback,                        ... P.

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Re: One user system. john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2022-02-01 19:30 +0100
  Re: One user system. Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> - 2022-02-01 20:00 +0100
  Re: One user system. peter@easthope.ca - 2022-02-01 21:10 +0100
    Re: One user system. Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> - 2022-02-01 21:10 +0100
      Re: One user system. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-02-01 22:00 +0100
      Re: One user system. Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-02-02 00:10 +0100
      Re: One user system. Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-02-02 02:10 +0100
        Re: One user system. Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> - 2022-02-02 06:30 +0100
    Re: One user system. "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-02-01 21:10 +0100
    Re: One user system. john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2022-02-02 08:10 +0100
      Re: One user system. peter@easthope.ca - 2022-02-02 18:20 +0100
    Re: One user system. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-02-02 18:10 +0100
      Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." peter@easthope.ca - 2022-02-04 20:00 +0100
        [SOLVED] Re: One-user system.  peter@easthope.ca - 2022-02-05 07:10 +0100
          Re: One-user system. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-02-07 03:10 +0100
        Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-02-09 12:10 +0100
          Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." rhkramer@gmail.com - 2022-02-10 17:20 +0100
            Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2022-02-10 21:30 +0100
              Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-02-13 18:10 +0100
            Re: One-user system.  Was "One user system." Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-02-11 20:20 +0100
      [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. peter@easthope.ca - 2022-05-06 19:10 +0200
        Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-05-06 19:20 +0200
          Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-05-06 19:30 +0200
          Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2022-05-06 19:40 +0200
            Re: [OT] Re: One-user system. Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2022-05-06 19:40 +0200
          Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2022-05-06 20:30 +0200
            Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-05-06 20:50 +0200
            Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2022-05-06 20:50 +0200
            Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2022-05-06 21:00 +0200
        Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2022-05-06 22:20 +0200
          Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2022-05-07 04:20 +0200
            Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2022-05-12 08:40 +0200
              Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-05-12 17:40 +0200
        Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-05-06 22:20 +0200
        Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-05-09 04:00 +0200
          Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system. peter@easthope.ca - 2022-06-28 15:50 +0200

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