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05-09-2008	#1 (permalink)
iyuvabharat Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: HYDERABAD.INDIA Posts: 43	how to remove folder permissions 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

05-09-2008	#2 (permalink)
khafa Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 839	hi, switch to root and flush it as follows Code: su - rm -rf /path/folder_name and you should be done __________________ Linux and me it's a love story

05-09-2008	#3 (permalink)
smolloy Linux Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CA, but from N.Ireland Posts: 2,407	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".... __________________ Registered Linux user #388328 \|\| Registered LFS user #15880 AMD 64 X2 4600+ :: 2X1GB DDR2 800 :: GeForce 9400 GT 512MB :: ASUS M2N32 Deluxe :: 4X250GB SATAII Need instant help? Try us on IRC -- #linuxforums on freenode

05-09-2008	#4 (permalink)
khafa Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 839	thanx smolloy I had to tell him about root and "rm -rf". so as smolloy said be very careful __________________ Linux and me it's a love story

05-09-2008	#5 (permalink)
iyuvabharat Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: HYDERABAD.INDIA Posts: 43	its not working says inavalid request, it is on the desktop help

05-09-2008	#6 (permalink)
khafa Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 839	can you post please the results you got when you run the command? __________________ Linux and me it's a love story

05-09-2008	#7 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,058	Execute this Code: cd ~/Deskop ls -l Post output here. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

05-10-2008	#8 (permalink)
iyuvabharat Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: HYDERABAD.INDIA Posts: 43	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.......... Last edited by iyuvabharat; 05-10-2008 at 04:51 AM.. Reason: go it wrong

05-10-2008	#9 (permalink)
iyuvabharat Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: HYDERABAD.INDIA Posts: 43	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

05-10-2008	#10 (permalink)
khafa Linux Engineer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 839	what are the folders you wanna delete and give us exactly the way you run the command i gave you __________________ Linux and me it's a love story

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