F9: Found certain files/directories in /

[Dan Thurman]

I found:
/%1 (file)
/Desktop
/.config
/.kde
in  the root directory.  Is this normal?

Are these safe to delete?

Thanks!
Dan

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[Kevin Fenzi-4]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:17:27 -0700
dant@... (Dan Thurman) wrote:

>
> I found:
> /%1 (file)
> /Desktop
> /.config
> /.kde
> in  the root directory.  Is this normal?

No, not typically. The only way I can think of that you would get those
is if you booted in single user mode and then ran startx to run a KDE
session.

> Are these safe to delete?

They should be. If you are in doubt, why not move them somewhere and
then delete them after a time if you haven't needed them.

> Thanks!
> Dan

kevin



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[Aldo Foot]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Dan Thurman <dant@...> wrote:

>
> I found:
> /%1 (file)
> /Desktop
> /.config
> /.kde
> in  the root directory.  Is this normal?
>
> Are these safe to delete?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan

The only file I find directly under "/" is .autofsck in F8.
Root's files should be in /root, which is root's home directory.
Also check that the root account has the correct home directory
 > grep root /etc/passwd
   root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

~af

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[george-125]

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Dan Thurman wrote:
> I found:
> /%1 (file)
> /Desktop
> /.config
> /.kde
> in  the root directory.  Is this normal?

i always boot level 3 as user and as root.

several times when i have been at '/' and then started kde, i did leave files
in '/'. when i boot as root to level 1, i leave .bash_history and a couple
other files.

> Are these safe to delete?

when i see them, i delete them and have no problems.

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