Unable to delete a certain folder in the trash

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Binary package hint: nautilus

I am totally unable to delete an old SDL-1.3 folder, or move it or anything else, like if it was owned by root - except that the properties clearly show that I am the owner. It also doesn't show up in /home/adys/.Trash when sudoing nautilus. I wasn't sure whether to report this, but here it goes anyway.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 22 21:05:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nautilus 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" [WWW] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at [WWW] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

[João Antonio Santana (joaosantana)]

I have the same problem.

Apparently this bug have some relation with #209746: File permissions are incorrect during file copy in nautilus (Ubuntu). When files who lost their original permissions are put in Trash, the user can't delete them -- although the user have permission to do, according the permission properties.

I maintain my files on backup during upgrades, and when I upgraded to Hardy and turn them back to my Home folder, I lost the permissions to create and exclude files, substituted to access only (I don't know the original terms, since I use Ubuntu in Brazilian Portuguese). The files inside, although, maintain your original permissions, but if I change the folder permissions, the magic happens and the files lost theirs. If I copy them to another folder, I lost the permissions too. If I delete a file that I have restored from a backup, with these crazy permissions, and I try to clean the Trash can, nautilus shows the exclusion, but the file continues in Trash. If I try to exclude directly the files in Trash folder, nautilus warns I don't have permission to do this

On Edgy, Feisty and Gutsy, the operation of copy backuped files back is normal. Only on Hardy I can't copy them normally.

Sorry the bad, bad English.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

don't reopen a closed bug if you don't provide the requested details

[james fenian (jamesfenian)]

I also am unable to delete a certain folder in the trash

[Ernest Katsampes (kat44)]

The trash opened in nautilus show a folder that contains subfolders and files. Deleting this folder is denied because it is stated that I do not have permission. Opening the trash in another file manager shows that this folder does not exist. Going to the Trash in an xterm and using the command "ls -a" shows that there is nothing there. Still, clicking on the Trash icon in the task bar, which opens nautilus showing the Trash shows this "non-existent" folder that nautilus does not allow me to delete giving the reason as the permissions do not allow its deletion. Even after rebooting, nautilus still shows the folder in the Trash.

I am assuming that you will again, out of arrogance, close this bug report. You can close the bug report all you want, but the reality of the bug will not change, it will continue to exist.

[Marcus Carlson (0-launchpad-mejlamej-nu)]

Ernest, note that a .trash folder exists in the root of every harddrive (like a usb disk) you have deleted data from. So only looking at the .trash in your home folder will only show deleted files from your home folder (or anything else you've removed on the same disk). Do you know if there's any other mounted filesystem when the mystic folder appears in the Trash? If so, take a look at the root of that drive and see if you can find the folder .trash-yourid (probably .trash-1000).

[james fenian (jamesfenian)]

yes i had same problem once with a folder link to a root file that i
could not delete

Sent from my iPod

On 4 Oct 2009, at 23:09, Marcus Carlson <email address hidden> wrote:

> Ernest, note that a .trash folder exists in the root of every
> harddrive
> (like a usb disk) you have deleted data from. So only looking at the
> .trash in your home folder will only show deleted files from your home
> folder (or anything else you've removed on the same disk). Do you know
> if there's any other mounted filesystem when the mystic folder appears
> in the Trash? If so, take a look at the root of that drive and see if
> you can find the folder .trash-yourid (probably .trash-1000).
>
> --
> Unable to delete a certain folder in the trash
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205271
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nautilus
>
> I am totally unable to delete an old SDL-1.3 folder, or move it or
> anything else, like if it was owned by root - except that the
> properties clearly show that I am the owner. It also doesn't show up
> in /home/adys/.Trash when sudoing nautilus. I wasn't sure whether to
> report this, but here it goes anyway.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Mar 22 21:05:07 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: nautilus 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu3
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/
> usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: nautilus
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic x86_64

[Gary Alexander (alexanderg)]

If you are experiencing this issue please can you attach the following information:

output of:
lsb_release -a
uname -a
apt-cache policy nautilus
ls -al ~/.local/share/Trash/files/

Please also attach any files in:
.local/share/Trash/info/

[Gary Alexander (alexanderg)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!