On 4/27/02 3:01 PM, "Albert D'Amanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every time I try to empty the trash I get an error message to the effect
> that:
>
> "this operation cannot continue since you do not have sufficient
> priveledges for some of the items"
>
Sure, this should do the trick. In the terminal window, type this:
cd ~
sudo rm -rf .Trash
It will prompt for your password, then delete everything that is in your
trash. After that, you will have to select 'Empty Trash' to change the icon
back in the Dock.
If it is still full, look at the other user's home directories for .Trash
files and remove those the same way.
What the commands do:
'cd ~' changes directory to ~ (alias for your home directory)
'sudo' is 'superuser do' the next command
'rm' is remove file (or directory, if empty)
'-r' tells rm to recurse through the directory and delete everything inside
'-f' tells rm to delete without warnings (force)
To look for other users directories:
'cd ..'
'ls -l' (lists the directory of users)
'cd user'
'ls -al' (shows all files)
'sudo rm -rf .Trash'
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