Permission Problems effecting Trash can, Mail and some files

[2Shae]

I'm unable to delete certain files:

Also, when I try to "Move to Trash" I get a message that says it will delete it immediately. So basically nothing wil go into the trash. Dragging to the Trash Can gives the same message.

And I'm also unable to remove some RSS feeds from Mail. They now have to (Read Only) status.

I'm using the new 10.5.2
I've used Disk Utility already to repair permissions.

 

[Eidorian]

In Terminal

cd ~/.Trash

If that directory isn't there then...

mkdir ~/.Trash

That should solve the Trash Can issue. Now imagine it happening regularly. Yeah...

 

[2Shae]

In Terminal

cd ~/.Trash

If that directory isn't there then...

mkdir ~/.Trash

That should solve the Trash Can issue. Now imagine it happening regularly. Yeah...

Hi,
I tried it, but ironically it says Permission Denied.

 

[Eidorian]

I checked the permissions for ~/.Trash on my computer and the owner can read, write, and execute. I wonder why you can't run programs that are in the trash.

ls -lh

And then copy the permissions for .Trash

Example: drwx------ 2 512B Feb 12 10:52 .Trash/ (I removed my username, group, etc)

 

[2Shae]

Trash doesn't show in the list.
Could it be because it's a hidden folder?

 

[Eidorian]

ls -al

-a Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (.).
-l (The lowercase letter ``ell''.) List in long format. (See below.) If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for
all the file sizes is output on a line before the long listing.

Did you try looking at the top of the list as well?

 

[2Shae]

ls -al

This is what I got:
drwx------ 3 root [myname] 102 Feb 11 21:38 .Trash

 

[2Shae]

I FIXED it by:
1. Right clicking on my Home folder
2. Get Info
3. Sharing & Permissions
4. Click on the Lock and unlock
5. Click on the little gear with the triangle
6. Apply to Enclosed.

 

[Eidorian]

Sounds like you just applied ownership back to yourself for all the directories and files in your ~/. That works and it includes ~/.Trash.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[2Shae]

No actually I should thank you, because thanks to you I found out the source of the problem and I that the .trash folder itself was locked down and didn't have any permissions.