Linux Certification course study notes: Unit 2: Linux
/ UNIX Directory Structure
/root - home directory
for root user
/home - home directory
for other users
/etc - contains all
basic configuration files for the services
/boot - contains boot
loader and boot configuration
/mnt – Store external data or mount point
/media – empty directory, default mount for external devices
/var – contains public files or folders of the services, and
contains the zone files. It contains ftp home directory
/misc – empty directory mainly used for mounting point
/opt – to store external data
/net – to mount network directories
/usr – user controllable directory files
/lib- all library files
/bin – binary files of the commands
/sbin – secured binary files – for the commands which can be
accessed by the root user
/selinux – secured addition for linux like firewall
configuration (Security enhanced linux)