jim lawrence said: > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:18:15 -0800 (PST), Richard S. Crawford > <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> jim lawrence said: >> > i have some files in my trash i would like to delete but they are >> owned by "1058" >> > any ideas? >> >> $ grep 1058 /etc/passwd >> >> should tell you who that is. >> >> > returns nothing Stuart says that these sound like files that belonged to a user who no longer exists on your system. I've also seen this happen in systems where I've got a user connecting to a system via Samba or NFS who did not have an actual account on the host system. Is this computer part of a network where other computers can access its contents? If so, is there a user with userid 1058 on one of those other systems? Either way, I'd say it's *probably* safe to delete those files, though you might want to make sure they're not being used by any other process. -- Sláinte, Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K) http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview "We live as though the world were how it should be, to show it what it can be." --"Angel", Season 4 ep. 1
