I accidentally untarred archive intended to be extracted in root directory, which among others included some files for /etc directory.
I went on to rm -rv ~/etc, but I quickly typed rm -rv /etc instead, and hit enter, while using a root account.

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[–] 42 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Let he who has not wrongly deleted system critical files in Linux cast the first stone.

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  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Amateurs. You all did it accidentally. I deleted system critical files intentionally believing it was beneficial.

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