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Ideally speaking, if I build up my own system right from the scratch, then l ought to be in control of the root, isn't that correct ??๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

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[โ€“] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

If you mean Linux, you are. You have the root or sudo password, don't you? If you mean your the root directory should be under your user name, then that is a very bad idea. I suggest you try it on a system you don't care about to find out why!