From fab495f4dfc17b0814617fbc9224e8b9d128a1db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eri Bastos <bastos.eri@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:06:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoids removing /

---
 lib/ansible/modules/file.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
index 72b510c3caa..327a7ae5c5c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ def execute_diff_peek(path):
 
 
 def ensure_absent(path):
+    if path == '/':
+        raise AnsibleModuleError(results={'msg': "Refusing to delete /"})
+    
     b_path = to_bytes(path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
     prev_state = get_state(b_path)
     result = {}