File delete and rename issues

[smirnoff76]

Hey all I have some strange issues and am wondering if anyone has any idea's?

I had some files on external media and copied them across to my machine on bulk, I have since taken the files I want and deleted the rest, the files are now sitting in my deleted items but when I go to empty nothing happens. If i go into the deleted items and try to delete i get a message at the bottom of the screen saying Access Denied?

The same also applies to some files I am trying to rename, the files were copied across to my laptop from another laptop.

Any help greatly appreciated!!

[toad]

Re: File delete and rename issues

Have a closer look at their permissions, i.e. who owns them - is it root?

[smirnoff76]

Re: File delete and rename issues

I checked their permissions and even did the whole taking ownership but still nada?

[dibl]

Re: File delete and rename issues

I'm thinking you previously did something "as root" that affected the user's trash can, and changed the permissions on the trash can. (i.e. the directory that it represents).

If you can kdesu konqueror and get to the user's trash can, maybe you can view the permissions and if needed, change them back to the user's name and group.

[toad]

Re: File delete and rename issues

Have a look at the output of this command

ls -la ~/.local/share/Trash

If you see any reference to root in there, you've found the culprit.