I used TESTDISK to retrieve pictures from my 16 gb stick. Copied all folders from the retrieved files to a new folder for burning later. Went back to delete rescued pictures in folders and there is a LOCK on ALL pics and document...Can not delete them...WHY...???
View 8 Repliesi tried to run lame install. on debian lenny amd64.
sudo sh /home/levi/Desktop/lame-3.98.4/install.sh
it returned errors, and i gave up on that. but it has placed a bunch of files and directories in my home folder(not in Desktop)which are owned by root. how may i delete them?
folders are
ACM
debian
Dll
doc
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mv: cannot move ..... to ... No such file or directory. which i at least FEEL is certainly not the case.
I have is folder in my desktop dir and I can't get it to delete. It appears top be locked and not responding to commands to delete.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedThis is probably a very simple question and answer, so here goes... Doing the basic:
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rm -fv -R "FILE1" "FILE2" "FILE3" "FILE4" "FOLDER" "FILE_WHATEVER"
...works just fine, but I would like to know if there is a way to only remove if the files are actually there. Currently, I know of this format, which works just fine:
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...however, it seems to only work one file/folder at a time. Is there a way to modify it: I tried this, but it didn't seem to work:
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I am trying to move a folder from my desktop to Trash and I keep getting an Error "Permission denied"
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View 5 Replies View RelatedWell I have another question believe it or not this is my first message I have tried to send with kontact here is the error I get.
Sending failed: smpt.[url]... The message will stat in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. The following transport was used: [url]... Well here are my mail settings
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192.168.0.1 would be my router. I am not sure about the #53 thing I can receive mail. I tried to look to see if something was blocking port 25 My firewall on opensuse is disabled. I could not find port configuration on my router (DI-624)
How to remove the noboby permission to the folder
When i try to delete the folder i couldn't make it ...
my os : centos
I have an old hard drive w/XandrOS that I decided to make external storage. I didn't bother wiping it. I figured I could just replace files on it like .mozilla folder.I currently have OSS 11.3 where I chose to copy and paste .mozilla from OSS to external HD. I was denied access to copy over certain files.Then I made the bonehead maneuver of trashing .mozilla from the external HD. Now, my trash can says that my access is denied to "cookperm.txt" and other files. I attempted to restore it, but it can't because the new .mozilla file is the external HD.Wow, did I corner myself. I could really use some help. Just want to eliminate that old
View 10 Replies View Related.Trash folder in the /root directory. If I'm using gksudo nautilus, where can i access this cause It may have trash I can delete. (Trying to free up space , and I already used wacktomack's guide)
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI have some great background wallpapers i have downloaded to my home folder, now i want to place these images in Usr/Share/Background. How do i do that i just cannot cut and paste it there?Do i have to open up a terminal and login as root? I did that but still not working, or do i have to do all this by terminal-commands?
View 9 Replies View Relatedi'm workin on QEMU for ARM on ubuntu 11.4 and i needed to run this symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12-arm-none-symbianelf.sh script which is in this link [URL]
but i get this error ..
mkdir: cannot create directory `/scratch': Permission denied
is there any way to work around it and be able to create folders outside the root folder ??
I copied a folder from /media/memory_stick into a folder /opt/openerp/server/bin/addons.
Trying to open the copied folder I discovered that it is impossible because it is owned by root.I should like to delete the copied folder.To avoid this ownership I copied the folder in /home/cristian/Downloads and I will copy it with:sudo cp -R folder_name /opt/openerp/server/bin/addonsMaybe in this way the folder will be not more owned by root.I tried already but because in the destination folder already exist one owned by root nothing is happening.
How to remove a specific folder from your backup?$ rdiff-backup --remove-older-than now /backup/backup_laptop/home/derick/DownloadsFatal Error: Increments for directory /backup/backup_laptop/home/derick/Downloads cannot be removed separately.Instead run on entire directory /backup/backup_laptop.
View 2 Replies View RelatedThere is a folder in my home titled 'gtk-3.0,' which continues to reappear even after I have deleted it. The reappearance of the folder seems to occur after using lxappearance to change the themes. I will not be participating in the headaches of the switch from gtk2 to gtk3, just as I did not participate in the headaches of the switch from KDE 3 to 4. So the following are my questions;1. Is it possible to permanently delete the gtk-3.0 folder so that it can not ever reappear in my home? (And why is it appearing there anyway? Shouldn't it be hidden with a dot?)2. If I can not prevent this folder from appearing in my home, is there a setting I can use in Wheezy to block gtk3 libs and apps from installation? Presently, the only gtk3 lib or app shown by aptitude search is libcanberra-gtk3-0, but I can't remove it due to notification-daemon dependencies.3. If I switch from all gtk2 apps to all KDE apps will that solve the problem of gtk3 placing a completely unnecessary folder in my home?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen booting opensuse 11.2 or 11.3 there is automatically created a folder in /media to mount my external usb drive (in /media/disk). The problem I have is that sometimes these folders are not automatically removed when I shut down. On the next time boot this device is mounted at /media/disk-1 or /media/disk-2 which throws off for instance Krusader or Amarok. Also the folders that are not removed seem to have really strong permissions such that I can't even browse into them in Krusader or Dolphin. I have to manually clean the /media folder as super user so that when I reboot, they are in /media/disk. Does anyone know how to ensure that opensuse removes the folder(s) upon shutdown?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI tried to remove a folder in linux, davidanderson'spetshop_617 as a folder name. It contained a single quotes. By using the following command
rm -r path/davidanderson'spetshop_617
I am getting this error ,Error: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''unexpected end of files.How can i remove the folder?
I want to remove Virtual Machine and I have deleted VM folder from hd. It's still shown in the VirtualBox GUI but the settings are grayed out.
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View 13 Replies View RelatedI have a folder owned by root, I can open it by changing the permissions but then I have to change them back when I'm done, I was wondering if there was a way to use the terminal to open the folder as root without changing the permission on the folder permanently? I am admin and have the sudo password if necessary.
View 7 Replies View Relatedand if i didnt customize partitions when i installsed and just used the whole drive - they're both together in the same partition right, the home just goes into the root? but it still creates a 2-3 gig swapfile?
do you recommend creating separate partitions for the home and root folder during install? is there any benefit besides being able to reinstall ubuntu without losing your data?
i wonder how to change permission folder, so only root can open it?
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