cant delete folder

[sisqonrw]

Hi,

i cant delete a folder with sudo krusader. where could be the problem?

thanks

[Qqmike]

Re: cant delete folder

maybe try
kdesudo krusader
?
(a graphical app requires kdesudo)

[dibl]

Re: cant delete folder

The last time I installed and used Krusader, which wasn't recently, it installed a red "root krusader" and a blue "user krusader". So, KMenu > System > Red Krusader, and give your password, and you should be in very dangerous root mode krusader. Do not touch your user folder while running krusader this way, if you ever hope to log in again!

[Snowhog]

Re: cant delete folder

@sisqonrw

You're posing in Karmic, but your sig line says you're using Feisty. Which is it?

[Qqmike]

Re: cant delete folder

@dibl--good thing you chimed in! of course, I now recall that; I don't use Krusader, but did play once with it; thx

[dibl]

Re: cant delete folder

For fresh-from-Win-World foks, like I was 4 years ago, Krusader is reminiscent of File Explorer from Win 95/98. So I understand its appeal. But in root mode, in the hands of a novice, it's a nuclear weapon. :P

[sisqonrw]

Re: cant delete folder

i am using karmic.
with kdesudo krusader i cant delete the folder. i dont know why.

[toad]

Re: cant delete folder

Are you cli capable, i.e. could you go open a terminal, navigate to the parent folder of the folder you would like to delete and post the output of

ls -la

Oh, and please let us know which folder you are trying to delete

[sisqonrw]

Re: cant delete folder

i would like to delete this folders:

ls -la
insgesamt 48
drwxr-xr-x 12 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 13:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-02-07 14:48 01-Februar_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:37 02-M?rz_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:37 03-April_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 04-Mai_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 05-Juni_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 06-Juli_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 07-August_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 08-September_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 09-Oktober_2009
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 10-November

[toad]

Re: cant delete folder

Hm, forgive me for not delving into the krusader question 'cos I've never used it - worse, I'm not even running kubuntu But I take it your login name is salsero. In this case there should be no need for the root version of krusader. The normal one would do. Otherwise use the recursive rm command (rm -r) on the command line to delete folders which are not empty.

[sisqonrw]

Re: cant delete folder

i am root:

root@salsero-laptop:/home/salsero/Dokumente/Abrechnung Able Goods/2009# ls -la
insgesamt 48
drwxr-xr-x 12 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 13:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-02-07 14:48 01-Februar_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:37 02-M?rz_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:37 03-April_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 04-Mai_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 05-Juni_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 06-Juli_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 07-August_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 08-September_2009_gesendet
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 09-Oktober_2009
drwxr-xr-x 2 salsero salsero 4096 2010-01-26 10:38 10-November
root@salsero-laptop:/home/salsero/Dokumente/Abrechnung Able Goods/2009#

[kubicle]

Re: cant delete folder

I'd suspect it's the "02-M?rz_2009_gesendet" file that's causing your issues, it's probably an encoding issue.

try 'rm *gesendet' to remove all the files ending with 'gesendet' in the directory, and try to remove the directory after that.

Edit: oops didn't notice those were directories, try 'rm -ri ./*gesendet' (run in 2009 directory) to see if that removes the directories (if the directories also include files with wrong encoding, it might not work)

Edit2: normal disclaimer: be very careful when using wildcards and -r option. For safety, use the -i (interactive) option to get a confirmation on what will be removed (and even safer to run the command as a regular user and not root)

[sisqonrw]

Re: cant delete folder

hmmm it doesnt work

salsero@salsero-laptop:~/Dokumente/Abrechnung Able Goods/2009$ rm -ri
rm: fehlender Operand
„rm --help“ gibt weitere Informationen.
salsero@salsero-laptop:~/Dokumente/Abrechnung Able Goods/2009$ sudo rm -ri
[sudo] password for salsero:
rm: fehlender Operand
„rm --help“ gibt weitere Informationen.

[kubicle]

Re: cant delete folder

not 'rm -ri',

rm -ri ./*gesendet

(in english, that means interactively and recursively remove all files and directories that end in "gesendet" from the current working directory)

[sisqonrw]

Re: cant delete folder

thanks! it has works!