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I have a suse 10 os and I have 2169 items in my home folder. I would like to put some of them on discs. I would like to delete ...
  1. 06-12-2007 #1
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    Need way to clean out " home " folder, please!!

    I have a suse 10 os and I have 2169 items in my home folder. I would like to put some of them on discs. I would like to delete some of them. I tried moving some of them onto my desktop to delete them but I am told I do not have permission to move them. I could not find any way in yast to get into the home folder and delete some items. I again ask for your gracious assistance please. Thanks!!
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    You shouldn't need to move the files in order to delete them. As far as having permissions denied: you need read permissions on the file and write permissions on the directory you're moving it to.
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    dont you have full permissions in your Home Folder? are you logged in as user who owns Home folder?
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    When I go to my home folder I can change permission on some files. There are files that are locked that I can not do anything with. There are files that are not locked that I can not do anything with. When I start up my computer I do not log in as anybody because I never attempted to set up any accounts. At installation I remember being asked something about being the only user and stating so.

    Do I have to go into yast and set up an account to have full permissions in my home folder?
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