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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

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 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you can tell whoever wrote this has never run that command

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

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

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

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