not enough permissions to empty trash

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 14:46 -0700, Richard E Miles wrote:
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 12:47:41 +0100
> THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > when emptying the trash in gnome I run into files which are
> > undeletable by my user account but which I'd like to delete.   what's
> > a good work-around, pls?
> > 
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Thufir
> 
> To erase files where you don't have access permissions you must have root
> access. Do this:
> cd .Trash
> sudo rm -rf *
> 

And BE CAREFUL that you are where you think you are.  Being the wrong
place with that command as root is extremely hazardous (As I have found
out by a typo).