Limit trash capacity

[Tony Arnold]

On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 13:56 +0200, Dieter Schicker wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> we have nfs mounted home directories here with quota restrictions.
> 
> => Problem: When a user deletes files they are moved in the .Trash
> directory in the home directory. So the user thinks she has saved disk
> space but the files still "hang" in the .Trash directory. Of course I
> could remove/empty the .Trash directories with a cron job but I'm
> wondering if there is a more elegant solution.
> 
> => Question: Can I limit the trash capacity? Or better: Can I advise
> gnome not to put the trash on the nfs mounted directory?

Yes. Using the configuration editor goto apps->nautilus->preferences and
turn on the 'enable_delete' option.

Regards,
Tony.
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