/ the root directory, contains all other directories and files /bin/ contains programs needed for booting /etc/fstab contains information about major filesystems on the system /etc/host.conf specifies how host names are resolved /etc/hosts/ associates IP addresses with host names /etc/passwd contains the attributes of (i.e., basic information about) each user or account /etc/skel/ contains files and directories that are automatically copied to new users' home directories /home/ contains users' home directories /mnt/ used as the temporary mount points for storage devices /proc/cpuinfo contains information about the CPU(s) /root/ the home directory of the root account /sbin/ contains mostly administrative tools /usr/bin/ contains programs not needed for booting /usr/sbin/ contains non-vital system utilities /var/ contains files to which the system writes data
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Created February 25, 2006. Updated October 20, 2006. |