FC2: Cannot empty Trash, permission issue

[Micheal]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 11:56, Filippos Klironomos wrote:
> > 
> > Now the situation is, after upgrading to FC2, I have a large number of
> > files in the user's Trash that cannot be emptied because I do not have
> > the permission to do so.  How do I empty the Trash without permission or
> > gain permission for the files in the Trash so I can get rid of them?
> >
> 
> Only 'root' can upgrade the system cleanly. In order to clean up you
> have to become 'root'. The usual way is to open a terminal and type:
> 
> su -
> 
> this will ask for the root password and log you in to a full root
> shell. Afterwards be careful what you erase! :-)

Sidenote

The directory you want to look in is /home/$user/.Trash  Dot files are
hidden so the location of where those RPM's are may not be obvious

MC