Changing home for root (Was: Re: root drive size)

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:03:29 -0800, Hajo Ehlers wrote:

....
> Basic recommendation for new AIX systems:
> 1) Create for the user ROOT its own filessytem ( /root ) and change the
> home directory to ( /root) . Otherwise you are going to trash your
> system on the long run if you not keep an eye on / ( Which is the home
> directory for the user root - Do not forget to move the .ssh and
> .rhosts to the new home diretcory as well )
....

Is this generally considered a safe thing to do? I'd really love to do
this--I've spent most of my sys admin-life on Linux and really hate the
clutter and feel unsafe having root's files "listable" by users.

Other than, perhaps, setup scripts that assume the location of /.rhosts,
what are the other considerations or pitfalls?

Wil

.