contents of /var/run in Trash of regular user

[Mathijs Vogelzang]

For a while now, besides the 'real' contents, the contents of /var/run (ie. avahi-daemon, console, cups) show up in the trash of the normal user on my system (when emptying trash, nautilus complains that I don't have the rights to delete them, of course). I found out that by deleting /home/userdir/.gnome/gnome-vfs/.trash_entry_cache the problem is solved, but those contents reappear after a while.
Before deleting, this file contains the following lines:
/dev/shm -
/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile -
/proc/bus/usb -
/var/run -
/ -
/var/lock /var/run

I filed this bug under gnome-vfs due to the location of that file to delete, but maybe some other program is doing this? (I have checked /home/userdir/.Trash, but nothing is pointing to /var/run there).

[Simone Tolotti (simontol)]

Same here!!!
Can't figure out what I did to get this... 8-|

[quantenemitter (quantenemitter)]

I can confirm this.

[chewearn (chewearn)]

I encounter the same problem.
Instead of deleting the file .trash_entry_cache, I edit it:

Original file:
/dev/shm -
/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile -
/proc/bus/usb -
/var/lock -
/var/run /var/run

Edited to:
/dev/shm -
/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile -
/proc/bus/usb -
/var/lock -
/var/run -

Not sure exactly what the changes did, but it worked. After logout/login, the trash is back to normal.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

What version of Ubuntu are you using? Can you still reproduce this issue?

[Mathijs Vogelzang (mathijs)]

No, this was on a much older version than I'm using now (Hardy). Haven't
seen it again.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Adam Niedling <email address hidden> wrote:

> What version of Ubuntu are you using? Can you still reproduce this
> issue?
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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> contents of /var/run in Trash of regular user
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