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Old 02-21-2004, 11:29 PM   #1
santasballz
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can't deleted a folder!


when i try deleting it, it says access denied! wtf, and its on my desktop
so i go under root in terminal, when on my desktop and typed in
rm -rf /folder

nothing happens, the folder is still there!
 
Old 02-21-2004, 11:33 PM   #2
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It's probably a permissions problem. You say it's on your desktop - is that a KDE desktop? A gnome desktop? How did the folder get created? Who owns the folder? Can you delete the folder as root?

A few things:
1: Always post information about your system and all possible information about the situation when asking questions. You should also fill out your distrobution in your profile.
2: you can change ownership of a file like this:
Code:
chown username:groupname filename
But you must either be the owner or root.
3: you can change permissions of a file with chmod.
Have a look at the manual pages for chown and chmod:
Code:
man chown
man chmod
 
Old 02-22-2004, 12:03 AM   #3
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ok, thx
 
  


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