how to remove folder permissions

**devils casper** · 05-10-2008

[arun@localhost Desktop]$ ls -1

Its small L in ls -l.

ls -l

**iyuvabharat** · 05-10-2008

well i went to the terminal did as u said(khafa) i want to delete the folder "aru" on the desktop location----/home/arun/Desktop
u can see it above the list of docs.

**iyuvabharat** · 05-10-2008

her e is what i want to delete folder name aru on the desktop location---/home/arun/Desktop
i did as u told in begining but nothing happened
plz write the detailed type of command with foldername
plllllz

**khafa** · 05-10-2008

Originally Posted by iyuvabharat

well i went to the terminal did as u said(khafa) i want to delete the folder "aru" on the desktop location----/home/arun/Desktop
u can see it above the list of docs.

can you please run the following command and post the result

Code:

ls -l /home/arun/Desktop/aru

as devils told you its a small L (-l)

**khafa** · 05-10-2008

run the following command(just copy and paste it to the terminal)

you open a terminal
and you run this

Code:

su -c "rm -rf /home/arun/Desktop/aru"

this will ask for the root password. you enter it and you should be done.

afterwards run the following command to check if the folder is deleted or not

Code:

ls /home/arun/Desktop/aru

tell us what happens afterwards

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