It's funny because you can tell whoever wrote this has never run that command. You need to either put --no-preserve-root OR /*. Using /* obviates the need for the flag --no-preserve-root.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

you can tell whoever wrote this has never run that command

Uh... isn't that a good thing?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's as good as bind kill mouse1 being a protected command in valve consoles... aka not at all.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I suppose, I figured most sysadmins had run it for funsies at least once...or a few times LOL.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

I compile my own version of rm so that it doesn't require the parameter.

Just in case I need to.

[–] genfood@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

GPT fixes that internally 🤡

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's redundant but it still works; doing it that way does not imply they haven't actually used it.