The couple of times this has happenned to me I have logged in as root user, emptied the trash and logged out. Works every time.
Regards, Nathalie > >1. Pressing option+shift+delete when holding open the trash icon > >2. Dragging everything out of trash and putting it back in one by one, > >attempting to empty trash at each step. One of the folders is named sudo rm > >-rf~/.Trash/. > >Information for that folder shows that I am the owner and it belongs to > >staff group. I have changed the privileges to read and write, but that > >hasn't worked. The hide extension box is ticked. I haven't been able to > >untick it. > > Be exceedingly careful with that folder, incorrect use of the command > line while removing it could cause serious problems if Unix tries to > parse the filename as a command. > > >4. Starting up from the OS 10.2 CD and trying to run the Permissions from > >Utility (which I get to from the menu bar as soon as the OS 10.2 CD icon > >opens). Can't get to permissions though, because it is greyed out. Have run > >Disk First Aid from the same dialogue box though, and it tells me that the > >G3 Hard Drive appears okay. > > You can run Apple's Repair Privileges utility instead > > <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106900> > > Otherwise you'll probably need to either > * reboot into OS 9 and delete the offending files from there, or > * get someone who knows their way around Unix to delete them for you. > > Thanks, > Shay > -- > =========================== Shay Telfer ================================ > Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! > Opinions for hire [POQ] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
