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viperhansa's avatar
viperhansa
Virtuoso
Jan 12, 2022
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What is these folders in Admin home folder?

Hi, im running a leagcy  pro 6 with os 6.10.6 and have been  using os 6 for a long time. (hence no need for comments on support and stuff..  )  :smileyhappy:   My question is: What is this for f...
  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Jan 12, 2022

    It's not that you have installed something there - much more (specifically Python) and many more applications are using the U**x home folders for storing stuff, run time data, and and and ... 

     

    Another example is ssh - the home folder is used to store accepted keys for example, by user. The location of the home folder is typically referred in Linux (or more global U**x-like OS) as ~/ , the location is defined in passwd (like /etc/passwd  or in a enterprise directory (AD, LDAP, ...). If you have some basic Windows or Mess-DOS insight, you might remember autoexec.bat ... each shell does also have it's specific counterpart for it's "logon" script in the every same home folder.

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