Placing a regular user's home | LinuC Level 1 101 Exam original practice question

1.02.4Basic

Create a home directory for regular user alice using a conventional FHS layout.

Which path is expected?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Separate an ordinary user's home from the root user's dedicated home.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short search and filesystem-placement definitions before comparing the choices.

/home: The conventional hierarchy containing ordinary users' home directories.
/root: The root user's home directory.
Home directory: A user's base directory for documents and personal configuration.
Dotfile: A filename beginning with a dot, often used for per-user settings.

Detailed explanation

Incorrect/root/alice

Incorrect. /root is the root user's home, not the normal parent for alice.

Correct/home/alice

Correct. /home/alice is the conventional regular-user home.

Incorrect/usr/alice

Incorrect. /usr is for installed software and shareable data.

Incorrect/var/log/alice

Incorrect. /var/log is for logs.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

test -d /home && printf '/home exists\n'

/home exists（環境によって個別利用者ディレクトリは異なる）

Environment: FHS準拠Linux / ディレクトリ存在確認のみ
Use read-only lookups or disposable paths when verifying search behavior.
Distribution-specific defaults should be checked before changing system configuration.

Foundation review

The conventional `/home/alice` path communicates user ownership and separates it from `/root`.

Remember that sites using network homes or a different policy may choose another actual path.

Question IDKL-101-427

EnvironmentFHS準拠Linux / ディレクトリ存在確認のみ

Last technical review2026-08-13

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