Waste

[Norman Silverstone]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 18:47 +0100, Wander Boessenkool wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 17:16 +0000, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > This may have been discussed before and I missed it, so please accept my
> > apologies in advance if I am re-opening an old item. Could you please
> > explain why I am unable to completely empty my wastebasket by right
> > clicking on the icon and then left clicking on Empty Waste and then
> > Empty. How do I completely empty the basket?
> > 
> 
> There are probably files owned by an other user (eg. root) in your
> wastebasket. Open a console (Applications->System Tools->Terminal) and
> type the following command:
> sudo chown -R yourusernamehere .Trash
> enter _your_ password and your set.
> 
> Now try emptying your wastebasket again...

Thank you very much, most helpful.

Norman