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by ryan-c 2911 days ago
I believe rm -rf /* will work without --no-preserve-root
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IntelMiner 2911 days ago
GNU rm I believe requires the --no-preserve-root flag these days, to prevent that command from happening by accident
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justinsaccount 2911 days ago
The shell expands

/*

, not rm.

It expands to /bin /etc /lib and such and is not covered by the sanity check.

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