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[–] Scoopta 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

you can tell whoever wrote this has never run that command

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

[–] Scoopta 2 points 3 months ago

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

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