[SOLVED] /home/root instead of /root ?

I am going to use LVM and LUKS + dm-crypt. I will encrypt:
swap
/home
/tmp
/srv
maybe /var
I am thinking about /root - is it OK to set root's home to /home/root ? I know reasons why root home is not usually in /home/root, but for my workstation it seems to me like reasonable choice which spares me one more LVM volume. But I am not sure if I can do this same way as with usual user, maybe root's home location can not be moved that easily.
Last edited by stabele (2009-03-23 21:02:45)

The reason I wrote in first post
I know reasons why root home is not usually in /home/root, but for my workstation it seems to me like reasonable choice which spares me one more LVM volume.
I will use ext3 or ext4 which reserves space for root. I am not going against standards (thanks for them!), i am just using flexibility permitted by them - as djgera pointed out, /root it recommended but not required by FHS. I would never do this at shared computer or production server, I am open to reasons why it is bad idea but as of now I see none in my particular case.
Last edited by stabele (2009-03-23 15:05:29)

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