In fact, I have just found out a full solution called Trash-It that addresses the problem directly....
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8214/trash-it! For those who are interested. .... and it works... Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 19 March 2012 07:19 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF][Mac] Selective administrative rights Correct Christoff, I must admit this feature has come inn really useful on my Mqacbook pro specifically for a problem found by many people, i.e not emptying the trash properly. Lion seems th Baulk if you place say all the files in an application (including the hidden files) and then try to permanently remove tham from the trash. it just hangs there for ever and ever until you restart Finder at which stage the files are still there. I ended up writing a script that removes the trash can which is then immediately re-created once Finder is fired up again. Seems that this is a well known bug..... and I wonder how non "savvy" MAc users get by it as it completely locks the process. Apart from that, it's my only gripe with Lion .... however the same problem has been reported by a few people on Leopard and Snow Leopard. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christof Wollenhaupt Sent: 17 March 2012 09:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF][Mac] Selective administrative rights > > >> You know, by default, Macs let the main user sudo in for full root > privileges. Have > >> you tried that? > > Only users who are configured to allow to admin the compute > can sudo with full privs. True, but then, the default user on a new Mac is an admin user with no password set. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
