24 Sep
2020
24 Sep
'20
1:06 a.m.
Hello,
Perhaps this has been discussed here before, but I
couldn't find a definitive answer as to the origin of
"Charlie Root".
https://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=2457 includes links to
some of the /etc/passwd files from 4.1cBSD, 4.2BSD,
and 2.9BSD, where we see root changing from being "The
Man" to "Charlie &".
Speculations on the internet about Charlie Root the
baseball player are easy enough to find, but no
confirmation or official origin story.
So I thought I'd ask here: who can (authoritatively)
shed light on how we ended up with Charlie Root?
-Jan