access denied deleting a file?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: fkdup74
grrrrrrr........
ok...now i need help :P
got a couple of files thats givin me hell, wont delete,
says access denied :huh:
i was able to move em to the trash bin, but not delete
said files are both nicotine folders,
that i muffed the installation on
help :D :P
Posted by: {I}{K}{E}
reboot and try again.
Posted by: fkdup74
reboot and try again.
yeah i tried rebooting...
seems windows tricks dont work in linux :P
Posted by: Djtima
well if access denied im guessing a program is trying to use the file ure tryin to deleate
Posted by: Snee
Maybe you don't have permission 'cos you don't have permission.
Tried logging in as root?
Posted by: fkdup74
Maybe you don't have permission 'cos you don't have permission.
Tried logging in as root?
ok wise guy :P
yeah, logged in as root,
tried right-click > delete,
checked permissions,
opened a terminal session in the directory,
opened a terminal and cd'ed to the directory,
did a file search (which let me delete a newer nicotine installation),
it was just those two folders that wouldnt go :huh:
i dont know if python wasnt letting em go or what...
but those fkrs were locked up good n tight :P
its ok, cuz that gave me an excuse to try another distro :lol:
givin fedora a go now
Posted by: Snee
I assume you shut down everything that had to do with nicotine, 'cos even if you screwed up the install it might have been running.
If you are sure you did that, and if you tried after a reboot, then maybe it might still have been possible to do it without initiating a window manager.
I've never run into a file i couldn't delete one way or another. :huh:
's how I once killed mandy, deleting files I wasn't supposed to be able to.
Posted by: fkdup74
ah well....
still in the "cuttin my teeth" phase of linux
after i f00k around with fedora for a bit i'll probably go back to suse
see what happens then
maybe i'll have learned a little more :P
Posted by: skrewler
try not using the GUI, use the console. If you're root and you're using a console there is absolutely no reason you should be getting access denied..
Posted by: DigitalSoul
have you tried something like:
lsof / | grep <the thingie you want deleted>
kill -KILL <bastard that has locked the thingie>
rm -rf <that damn thing>
could work...