Trash automatically deleting files?

Hello!

Whenever I put files into the trash (small or large), they will automatically be deleted without warning. This has just recently started happening--never encountered this problem before...anyone know whats wrong?

Thanks!

So is your trashcan empty or does it just delete new files? Is your hard drive near full?

If you're getting the message that the files will be deleted automatically, it's likely that the Trash has the wrong permissions set. In Finder, push Command-Shift-G and enter the following value: Once that folder opens (that's your trash folder), right click an empty space and click Get Info. In the info window that appears, make sure that the permissions for your users are "Read & Write."

That seemed to fix the problem! Awesome! Thanks so much!

trash deleting as soon as something is put into it

~/.Trash when I do this it says I don't have permission

Open up Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and enter the following: Press enter. That should restore the permissions to their proper value. If you get a permission denied error, enter the following instead:

Did this and now asking for password

Don't remember putting a password on it....thanks for all your help with this...
Jan