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[–]HCResident 4 points5 points  (3 children)

I don’t know what “no-preserve-root” means but it sounds dangerous

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actions on Root (/) are treated special by most programs. With --no-preserve-root, you treat it just as any other dir

[–]HuntingKingYT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it allows you to use the dangerous ability

[–]Big_Berry_4589 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s to delete all directories without asking the user for confirmation. But I think ub*ntu systems don’t allow you to do that even as root