Deleting files

[Jozsef Mak]

>From: Brian Puccio <brian at brianpuccio.net>
>To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: Deleting files
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:29:21 -0500
>
> > When i download programs, Ubuntu places restrictions on the folders
> > preventing me to delete them.
>
>At first glance, this seems to be a normal linux file system behavior,
>you can't delete what your user doesn't have rights to delete.
>
> > This is a great nuisance for me. I have close
> > to hundred files i don't need any longer and would like to delete them; 
>but
> > i cannot. Could anyone tell how can i permanently disable this feature 
>in
> > Ubuntu.
>
>Could you please tell me how the files in your home directory got there
>and don't have the proper permissions for you to delete them?  Anything
>you put there, you should be able to delete, assuming you haven't
>manually changed the permissions or ownership.

When i Untar an app the resulting folder gets a small yellow lock icon on 
it. For instance, the firefox, the flash plugin download and even such a 
trifling like pppg gets locked. This is very annoying.

jozsefmak

> > I want the system to allow me selecting folders graphically in my
> > Home directory and let me to delete them. Is there a possibility for 
>this?
>
>Sure, you can delete anything and everything as root.  Go to
>Applications, than Run, and type "gksudo nautilus" (no quotes).  This
>will open a nautilus session as the root user, allowing you to delete
>anything and everything you want.
>
>Be careful!
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