What does this mean root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO?

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What does this mean root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO? I donk think this direct to my Disk.

When is use the ls command, the following is printed.

bin dev home lib media opt root sbin srv tmp var
boot etc init lib64 mnt proc run snap sys usr

I'm using Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 and I'm new.

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It means you're running as root a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. And those "things"are system folders.
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What does this mean root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO? I donk think this direct to my Disk.

When is use the ls command, the following is printed.

bin dev home lib media opt root sbin srv tmp var
boot etc init lib64 mnt proc run snap sys usr

I'm using Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 and I'm new.

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It means you're running as root a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. And those "things"are system folders.
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What does this mean root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO? I donk think this direct to my Disk.

When is use the ls command, the following is printed.

bin dev home lib media opt root sbin srv tmp var
boot etc init lib64 mnt proc run snap sys usr

I'm using Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 and I'm new.

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What does this mean root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO? I donk think this direct to my Disk.

When is use the ls command, the following is printed.

bin dev home lib media opt root sbin srv tmp var
boot etc init lib64 mnt proc run snap sys usr

I'm using Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 and I'm new.

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It means you're running as root a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. And those "things"are system folders.
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It means you're running as root a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. And those "things"are system folders.
â€“Â GabrielaGarcia
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It means you're running as root a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. And those "things"are system folders.
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root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO

root is the user name you are working with

DESKTOP-9R2GIKO is the host name

The output you are getting from ls is the content of / (root) in your file system hierarchy.

To make sure where you are you can run: pwd, it should return: /

To find out what each directory in ls output is contain and responsible of run:

man hier

For example it states that:

/ This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts.

To make sure about the meaning of root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO you can run: echo $PS1, you should get an output containing/similar to:

[e]0;u@h: wa]

Pay attention to u@h, u is username, @ is a literal and h is your host name.

If you run cat /etc/hostname you should also get: DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

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By default, when you start a new shell (Terminal) in Ubuntu, the following will show up.

<name of user>@<name of host machine>

In your case, it's root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. So that means you are logged in as the root user to a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

As for ls, it's a command which lists a directory's content.

If you are interested in learning more about the command line, I would strongly suggest taking some courses. You can find lots of free courses online. You can also find a brief description about in the tag's description here on Ask Ubuntu.

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root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO

root is the user name you are working with

DESKTOP-9R2GIKO is the host name

The output you are getting from ls is the content of / (root) in your file system hierarchy.

To make sure where you are you can run: pwd, it should return: /

To find out what each directory in ls output is contain and responsible of run:

man hier

For example it states that:

/ This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts.

To make sure about the meaning of root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO you can run: echo $PS1, you should get an output containing/similar to:

[e]0;u@h: wa]

Pay attention to u@h, u is username, @ is a literal and h is your host name.

If you run cat /etc/hostname you should also get: DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

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root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO

root is the user name you are working with

DESKTOP-9R2GIKO is the host name

The output you are getting from ls is the content of / (root) in your file system hierarchy.

To make sure where you are you can run: pwd, it should return: /

To find out what each directory in ls output is contain and responsible of run:

man hier

For example it states that:

/ This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts.

To make sure about the meaning of root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO you can run: echo $PS1, you should get an output containing/similar to:

[e]0;u@h: wa]

Pay attention to u@h, u is username, @ is a literal and h is your host name.

If you run cat /etc/hostname you should also get: DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

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root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO

root is the user name you are working with

DESKTOP-9R2GIKO is the host name

The output you are getting from ls is the content of / (root) in your file system hierarchy.

To make sure where you are you can run: pwd, it should return: /

To find out what each directory in ls output is contain and responsible of run:

man hier

For example it states that:

/ This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts.

To make sure about the meaning of root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO you can run: echo $PS1, you should get an output containing/similar to:

[e]0;u@h: wa]

Pay attention to u@h, u is username, @ is a literal and h is your host name.

If you run cat /etc/hostname you should also get: DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

edited 27 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

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root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO

root is the user name you are working with

DESKTOP-9R2GIKO is the host name

The output you are getting from ls is the content of / (root) in your file system hierarchy.

To make sure where you are you can run: pwd, it should return: /

To find out what each directory in ls output is contain and responsible of run:

man hier

For example it states that:

/ This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts.

To make sure about the meaning of root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO you can run: echo $PS1, you should get an output containing/similar to:

[e]0;u@h: wa]

Pay attention to u@h, u is username, @ is a literal and h is your host name.

If you run cat /etc/hostname you should also get: DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

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By default, when you start a new shell (Terminal) in Ubuntu, the following will show up.

<name of user>@<name of host machine>

In your case, it's root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. So that means you are logged in as the root user to a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

As for ls, it's a command which lists a directory's content.

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By default, when you start a new shell (Terminal) in Ubuntu, the following will show up.

<name of user>@<name of host machine>

In your case, it's root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. So that means you are logged in as the root user to a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

As for ls, it's a command which lists a directory's content.

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By default, when you start a new shell (Terminal) in Ubuntu, the following will show up.

<name of user>@<name of host machine>

In your case, it's root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. So that means you are logged in as the root user to a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

As for ls, it's a command which lists a directory's content.

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By default, when you start a new shell (Terminal) in Ubuntu, the following will show up.

<name of user>@<name of host machine>

In your case, it's root@DESKTOP-9R2GIKO. So that means you are logged in as the root user to a machine named DESKTOP-9R2GIKO.

As for ls, it's a command which lists a directory's content.

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