How to delete a removed_user folder???

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if you try to remove an existing user (via the Users PrefPane) the system will ask you to change privileges of the deleting user folder to another user.

set the owner to your account and then try to delete that folder...
Finder 'll refuse because you haven't privileges... but if you look in the finder info window ... the folder is assigned to your account.

So the only way is the use of sudo (su root) command in the terminal.


Why ?? Where is my error?
 
I usually do one of two things:

1) Go into terminal, type "cd /Users", type "sudo rm -r "<username> deleted"

or

2) Log out of my current user, log in as root, drag the folder to the trash, empty trash.
Both of those options work for me.
 
Originally posted by ony_gosshamer
Boot up to os 9 my friend and do what you gotta do.
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Why would you restart to do something that takes you less than 10 seconds in terminal? I'm sorry, but if you need to restart to empty the damn trash, I'd rethink which OS I was using.
 
You are right level9... for someone you does know how to use the terminal. Not everybody knows how to use it and booting into 9 (yes I know it's long, and there are easier ways to do it) is a simple solution for people who don't want to learn all the codes and stuff.

But I find it kind of sad that all of this has to be done (terminal or os 9 boot up) just to empty the damn trash. With Unix and all those privileges, OS X is more complicated than it looks. And you just can't start explaining this kind of stuff to Mr. Everybody. Apple needs to find something (an app maybe - and not the terminal). Personally, i like BatChmod to deal with this kind of stuff:
http://homepage.mac.com/arbysoft
 
yes, thrue !!
there are many solutions to 'bute delete' that folder ...

but i think the real problem is 'Why i can' t delete a folder of mine??'

is possible at Apple none has removed any user from their test machines???

thanks again!!
 
ony_gosshamer: Ok, I concede to the fact that not everyone wants to "get their hands dirty" with terminal, and will continue to reboot to OS9 just to delete a damn locked file, for those people...be my guest. For those that do NOT want to be cripple by an OS, either continue with OS9 or read for an hour or so to learn 10-15 basic commands that'll help you tremendously, and make things *MUCH* easier.

Look, I'm not a command line junky at all, I used to be of the same mindset..."I don't want anything to do with command line stuff", but quickly changed my mind when I saw how simple it was, and made my OSX experience that much easier.

I hate to steal this line, but...
It's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
 
You're right, there isn't any right or wrong. Just different approaches. Glad we dealt this out. :D

> 10-15 basic commands that'll help you tremendously, and make things
> *MUCH* easier.

What are they? I want to learn. :)
 
Originally posted by level9
ony_gosshamer: Ok, I concede to the fact that not everyone wants to "get their hands dirty" with terminal, and will continue to reboot to OS9 just to delete a damn locked file, for those people...be my guest. For those that do NOT want to be cripple by an OS, either continue with OS9 or read for an hour or so to learn 10-15 basic commands that'll help you tremendously, and make things *MUCH* easier.
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I agree, so why not publish a few of such commands and educate the ignorant folk??

(You can start with telling people to use 'sudo' to temporarily act as root user; by telling people to type 'man' and read the manual in Terminal; and by explaining the rm -r ... code references (such as the difference between "/" and "\" (which means 'space').
 
well, my opinion is that the solution to this problem is not to teach people how to use the terminal. I see the terminal as somekind of "easy access" programmer's button. I know there are HUGE differences, but, as with the programmers button, somebody who doesn't know about it shouldn't use AND shouldn't be tought to use it. Apple has to fix these problems! I noticed that "clean" installs of 10.1.x don't tend to have these problems, but people who are using and updating since 10.0.x still have them. I decided to completely switch to "root" in 10.0.1, and haven't had any problems. But "normal" users shouldn't be "enlightened" to get Superuser. They can destroy too much with it! Forget one argument or mistype an argument in a command like "rm -df /folder" and your HDD is erased faster than you can imagine! Apple should simply fix the problem and MAYBE introduce some kind of Admin-Clean-Up tool, you know, where you have a button to empty the trash regardless of what's in it etc.
But leave the Terminal to the people who know how to use the terminal. My ex-boss doesn't know Jack about the Terminal but feels "cool" when he uses some commands he red on the net, he feels like a "l33d hAxOr", and he screwed up his TiBook more than once.

That's MHO.

Update: I just red my post again and noticed that it might sound a bit different as it was intended. I don't wanna say that you shoulnd't teach someone how to use the Terminal, no, I encourage people to learn how to control their system on terminal-level, I just think Apple as a software engineer shouldn't rely on this solution.
 
Originally posted by ulrik
Update: I just red my post again and noticed that it might sound a bit different as it was intended. I don't wanna say that you shoulnd't teach someone how to use the Terminal, no, I encourage people to learn how to control their system on terminal-level, I just think Apple as a software engineer shouldn't rely on this solution.
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Glad you cleared that up ... I was about to say, "Oh, and I take it that you were *born* with your knowledge of UNIX." Now I don't have to. :)

... 'cuz we all learned how to count to ten by being TAUGHT. We can count sheep, but sheep can't count people ... or can they?
 
hehe, that's why I added that paragraph. I knew that I might be mistaken with the words I chose (remember english is not my native language and it is always hard to "sound" as you wish in a foreign language).

As I said, it can't hurt to learn the command line. I have grown up with it. I loved DOS and was sad when I realized that from Windows build to Windows build, the command line lost it's influence on the system and I was happy as a clamp when I got Linux. From that on, I learned Unix and loved it.
Then, half a year before the Public Beta of OS X was released, I switched to the Mac and when I got the Public Beta, I felt so good, back in my "old systems", so I have a very "personal" opinion about the command line. But I still think Apple should NEVER offer the Terminal as a solution for problems. They should fix them with easy-to-use GUI apps, and nothing else.
 
Yup. Having control of your machine (instead of the other way around) is nice.

On a different note, here's a Q for you:

What's the quickiest way to change your short user name using the NetInfoManager? Do you have to change every instance of it (like _write_password, _write_picture, etc.) or is there just a group change that you can do from the app (or Terminal)?
 
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