jim lawrence said: >> 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. > > > -- cant delete them from my user account or from Root's account I don't know what desktop environment you're using, but I assume you're using GNOME. I don't know how it works for KDE, even though that's the environment I use these days (I was a GNOME guy for a couple of years). Log in as yourself. Open a shell. $ su password: xxxxxx # cd .Trash-jimf (assuming your user name is jimf) # ls -la This should list the files in your trash directory that you didn't see when you logged in as root at the login screen. You should then be able to do: # rm * to delete those files. Though before doing that, I'd do a pwd, just to make sure you're in the right directory. As to how those files got into your trash folder in the first place when they have a userid totally different from your own user account, I can't explain that. -- 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
