[SOLVED] Random issue: cannot move stuff to trash in Thunar

As the title says... I cannot delete files as user. I can do all that in root mode... Please advise how to change the properties of trash appropriately.
thanks
tomas
Last edited by desolathor (2010-10-21 19:36:58)

# check permissions
ls -l ~/.local/share/Trash
# fix permissions (to match skunk's)
chown you:you ~/.local/share/Trash
chmod 700 ~/.local/share/Trash

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Last edited by Shark (2011-03-09 08:23:27)

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[SOLVED] Random issue: cannot move stuff to trash in Thunar

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