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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003778Kali LinuxTool Upgrade Requestpublic2016-12-16 05:022016-12-16 08:13
ReporterTYKUHN2 Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Product Version2016.2 
Summary0003778: rm --preserve-root failure
Description

Either --preserve-root was not default or it was bypassed with either /* or -r flags. I cannot double check at this time as I am attempting to recover all 1TB of data lost to this.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. rm /* -r
  2. Cry
Additional Information

--preserve-root should always be default and is in most distributions of Linux such as Debian and Ubuntu(?)

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-12-16 08:13

administrator   ~0006162

"/*" will expand to all top-level directories but not to / so --preserve-root has no effect. No bug here, be careful next time.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-12-16 05:02 TYKUHN2 New Issue
2016-12-16 08:13 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-12-16 08:13 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-12-16 08:13 rhertzog Resolution open => won't fix
2016-12-16 08:13 rhertzog Note Added: 0006162
2021-05-31 13:37 rhertzog Category Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request