access denied deleting a file?

[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

[{I}{K}{E}]

reboot and try again.

[fkdup74]

reboot and try again.


yeah i tried rebooting...
seems windows tricks dont work in linux :P

[Djtima]

well if access denied im guessing a program is trying to use the file ure tryin to deleate

[Snee]

Maybe you don't have permission 'cos you don't have permission.

Tried logging in as root?

[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

[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.

[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

[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..

[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...