how to remove folder permissions

[iyuvabharat]

hi to all i want to remove a folder on the desktop as it is containing a windows win32 virus but when i trash it it says you dont have permission to change parents folder help also there is a lock on the folder advice iam using fedrora 8 i386

[khafa]

hi,


switch to root and flush it as follows

su -
rm -rf /path/folder_name

and you should be done

[smolloy]

But it goes without saying that you should be very very very careful what you do when you have root permissions.

Especially when using "rm -rf"....

[khafa]

thanx smolloy

I had to tell him about root and "rm -rf".

so as smolloy said be very careful

[iyuvabharat]

says inavalid request, it is on the desktop help

[khafa]

can you post please the results you got when you run the command?

[devils casper]

Execute this

cd ~/Deskop
ls -l

Post output here.

[iyuvabharat]

here is what i got it when i used casper advice

[arun@localhost ~]$ cd ~/Desktop
[arun@localhost Desktop]$ 1s -1
bash: 1s: command not found
[arun@localhost Desktop]$ ls -1
AdobeReader.desktop
aru
DataOneQUF.exe.desktop
games
gnome-system-monitor.desktop
gnome-terminal.desktop
II YEAR II SEM. R05 time table.doc
match_table
match_table_files
opera.desktop
preferred-web-browser.desktop
reports
showMessage
showMessage_files
SOFT.CCK
µTorrent.desktop
untitled folder
vkmurthy files
webLogin_files

what to do..........

[iyuvabharat]

TO KHAFIA what should i post when iam not getting anything it does not showing anything seems to me your code is correct but that thing is not unlocking or not giving me permission

[khafa]

what are the folders you wanna delete and give us exactly the way you run the command i gave you