no Trash folder for root user
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nautilus |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
|||
nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
This bug is not new to karmic i have seen it in jaunty but it never bother me until now.
This is a fresh install of Karmic from the Alternate CD
There is NO root user trash folder.
That is, /root/.
If i launch nautilus with the gksudo command I get this error...
***
The folder contents could not be displayed.
Sorry, could not display all the contents of "trash": Operation not supported
***
Browsing via the terminal does not reveal a /root/.
Unto my problem...
Where do delete files go when deleted in nautilus when nautilus is launched with gksudo.
I deleted a sizable file but the diskspace was not returned to me from this deleted file which means it is still on the disk, I know not where.
Can someone tell me where to look.
Thanks.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 8 12:00:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
affects: | meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) → nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
I've also noticed this in both 10.04 Lucid and 10.10 Maverick.
The root user HAS a trash folder (at /root/. local/share/ Trash), with the info and files subfolders.
The problem is.. clicking trash at Nautilus (as root) gives the error "Sorry, could not display all the contents of "trash": Operation not supported" as informed by the OP.
So root user has a trash, the deleted files are there, but Nautilus can not access it. Root can not restore the files or clean the trash the same way a normal user can. Nautilus implementation of trash is broken for the root user.