I can confirm this behavior. Other distros have taken steps to protect unknowing users from wiping their root directory, and it seems as if it should be easy enough for Ubuntu to do the same. Malicious people do exist....
-- rm does not preserve root by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
