root folder in root folder - Confused

[karmic2]

I found an interesting topic on ubuntu directory structure : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2037324

But when I checked my own Ubuntu -14 (which is running in VM Virtual box ) I found that root folder (/) has another root folder ?? What is it and why nobody mentions it in any directory structure tutorials ??

Thanks in advance...

[Holger_Gehrke]

Are you talking about the directory '/root' ? That's the home directory for the system's administrator. It has to be directly in '/' because the admin might have to log in to a damaged system which can't or won't mount other partitions or disks.

[karmic2]

yes , i am talking about /root. Thanks i got it now.

[slickymaster]

Here is a good asset you might want to have a read at:

http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/...3/fhs-2.3.html