Why is the finder asking for my password now in Mavericks?

Every time I want to delete a file, the Finder asks for my password to do this.
Anyone know how to I can turn this off?

JJT69 wrote:
Every time I want to delete a file, the Finder asks for my password to do this.
What steps did you perform to install Mavericks?
It sounds like there's a permissions mismatch between your account and those files.  If you ask the Finder to do a "get info" (File > Get Info), what do you see in the "Sharing & Permissions" section?  Compare that will a file you just created.
There's a way to reset the permissions of your files while in "recovery mode" (boot with command-R held down), but I can't give you details.

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