Help, cant delete folder!
ok, i have a folder in my trash that i cannot delete.
I am running 10.2.3 and the folder is whats left of me deleting an old backup from my fw disk.
when i try to delete it, i am told that i do not have sufficient permission to do so.
there are hidden files inside the folder that wont let me delete them.
the first is a folder labled ????????????HFS+ Private Data
inside that are the following files:
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-rw-rw-rw- 2 thunderp wheel 802 Sep 2 2001 iNode139692944
-rw-rw-rw- 1 thunderp admin 76 Jul 8 15:20 iNode175518422
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp tty 53276 Jan 6 1970 iNode192575085
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 75163 Sep 2 2001 iNode30255578
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 51032 Jan 6 1970 iNode332563725
-rw-rw-rw- 3 thunderp wheel 33776 Sep 2 2001 iNode54655923
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 2038 Sep 2 2001 iNode548849818
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 36347 Sep 2 2001 iNode579846056
-rw-rw-rw- 3 thunderp wheel 13923 Sep 2 2001 iNode886370481
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp tty 70720 Jan 6 1970 iNode915927726
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sudo rm -rf * inside of the directory has no effect, for each file i am told operation not permittled.
the directory is [b]
I am running 10.2.3 and the folder is whats left of me deleting an old backup from my fw disk.
when i try to delete it, i am told that i do not have sufficient permission to do so.
there are hidden files inside the folder that wont let me delete them.
the first is a folder labled ????????????HFS+ Private Data
inside that are the following files:
[code]
-rw-rw-rw- 2 thunderp wheel 802 Sep 2 2001 iNode139692944
-rw-rw-rw- 1 thunderp admin 76 Jul 8 15:20 iNode175518422
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp tty 53276 Jan 6 1970 iNode192575085
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 75163 Sep 2 2001 iNode30255578
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 51032 Jan 6 1970 iNode332563725
-rw-rw-rw- 3 thunderp wheel 33776 Sep 2 2001 iNode54655923
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 2038 Sep 2 2001 iNode548849818
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp wheel 36347 Sep 2 2001 iNode579846056
-rw-rw-rw- 3 thunderp wheel 13923 Sep 2 2001 iNode886370481
-rwxrwxrwx 2 thunderp tty 70720 Jan 6 1970 iNode915927726
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sudo rm -rf * inside of the directory has no effect, for each file i am told operation not permittled.
the directory is [b]
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assuming you know what you're doing, that will kill them, although i always get a little nervous about screwing around as root.
perhaps a better idea would be to boot off your 10.2 install cd and fix permissions via the disk utility.
actually, reverse the order there of my suggestions, cd first then root. root should always be the last choice.
[ 01-01-2003: Message edited by: Nick Weiss ]</p>
does anyone know what these files are in the first place tho?
<a href="http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml"; target="_blank">http://www.resexcellence.com/support_files/resedit.shtml</a>;
You should be able to start it in OSX and do what you need to do with the file.
Just an FYI, though... there are some files which cannot be turned invisible...