On Thursday 06 January 2005 15:50, jim lawrence wrote: > i have some files in my trash i would like to delete but they are > owned by "1058" > any ideas? > -- > > Still Learning Linux > Still HaTE Microsoft > Registered Linux User: #376813 > http://counter.li.org > jim lawrence Sounds like files that belonged to a user who no longer exists on your system (they would have had user ID 1058). Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX If you don't do it, you'll never know what would have happened if you had done it.