OS 10.2 - Deleting Root Items

Pattay · Pattay #1 (**permalink**)

05-06-2006, 04:25 AM

i have 1 installer log file and an empty folder sitting in my home folder (Mac OS 10.2.8) and i cant delete them as they are owned by root.

They are completely useless and i would like to get rid of them.

Is there any way of doing this?

Thanks

lil · lil #2 (**permalink**)

05-06-2006, 05:03 AM

Well be careful, but you could open terminal and use sudo rm /path/to/the/log/file.log

Or, by selecting the log file's icon you can then use the right mouse button/ctrl click to get the contextual menu, select get Info and down the bottom is the Ownership & Permissions settings.

Click the pointed arrow to flip down the options.

Click the little padlock against Owner, enter your password and from the drop down list select your user's name and close. You may need to enter your password again, you should be able to delete it now.

Vicky

Pattay · Pattay #3 (**permalink**)

05-06-2006, 11:28 PM

thanks alot vicky
2easy

cya

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Pattay #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 04, 2005 Posts: 92 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.16GHzIC2D/1GB/120 OSX 10.5 , A bunch of other macs, iPod Mini Orig. 4G iPod Video 30Gb	05-06-2006, 04:25 AM i have 1 installer log file and an empty folder sitting in my home folder (Mac OS 10.2.8) and i cant delete them as they are owned by root. They are completely useless and i would like to get rid of them. Is there any way of doing this? Thanks
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lil #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-06-2006, 05:03 AM Well be careful, but you could open terminal and use sudo rm /path/to/the/log/file.log Or, by selecting the log file's icon you can then use the right mouse button/ctrl click to get the contextual menu, select get Info and down the bottom is the Ownership & Permissions settings. Click the pointed arrow to flip down the options. Click the little padlock against Owner, enter your password and from the drop down list select your user's name and close. You may need to enter your password again, you should be able to delete it now. Vicky
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