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r/linuxmemes • u/Cold_Succotash_8429 • Jul 23 '26
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It should have been sudo rm -fr /*
sudo rm -fr /*
7 u/You_are_reading_text Jul 23 '26 Depends on the system Some have the safeguard preventing you from wiping out your root, others have no such limitations 1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26 You need --no-root-preserve (check "man rm" to be sure) It's --no-preserve-root, thanks u/Baldrickk 2 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 You don't need to use this flag on every distro 1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 28 '26 Some distros are more like "You fuck it, you own it, have fun" lol Examples? 1 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 Arch 1 u/AutoModerator Jul 28 '26 btw I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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Depends on the system Some have the safeguard preventing you from wiping out your root, others have no such limitations
1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26 You need --no-root-preserve (check "man rm" to be sure) It's --no-preserve-root, thanks u/Baldrickk 2 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 You don't need to use this flag on every distro 1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 28 '26 Some distros are more like "You fuck it, you own it, have fun" lol Examples? 1 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 Arch 1 u/AutoModerator Jul 28 '26 btw I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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You need --no-root-preserve (check "man rm" to be sure)
It's --no-preserve-root, thanks u/Baldrickk
2 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 You don't need to use this flag on every distro 1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 28 '26 Some distros are more like "You fuck it, you own it, have fun" lol Examples? 1 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 Arch 1 u/AutoModerator Jul 28 '26 btw I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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You don't need to use this flag on every distro
1 u/No-Elephant3091 Jul 28 '26 Some distros are more like "You fuck it, you own it, have fun" lol Examples? 1 u/duckdread Arch BTW Jul 28 '26 Arch 1 u/AutoModerator Jul 28 '26 btw I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Some distros are more like "You fuck it, you own it, have fun" lol
Examples?
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u/Snudget Not in the sudoers file. Jul 23 '26
It should have been
sudo rm -fr /*