On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 11:56, Filippos Klironomos wrote: > > > > Now the situation is, after upgrading to FC2, I have a large number of > > files in the user's Trash that cannot be emptied because I do not have > > the permission to do so. How do I empty the Trash without permission or > > gain permission for the files in the Trash so I can get rid of them? > > > > Only 'root' can upgrade the system cleanly. In order to clean up you > have to become 'root'. The usual way is to open a terminal and type: > > su - > > this will ask for the root password and log you in to a full root > shell. Afterwards be careful what you erase! :-) Sidenote The directory you want to look in is /home/$user/.Trash Dot files are hidden so the location of where those RPM's are may not be obvious MC
