I've just installed Linux Mint 13, with a partition for / (including /home) and one for user data, which is mounted into /mnt/homedata. I created a folder in homedata called "iain" and chown'ed it, then made symlinks for documents, music, etc. from /home/iain to /mnt/homedata/iain.
Now I've started filling it up, I've found when deleting anything from my home folders, I get the warning "Cannot move file to the Rubbish Bin, do you want to delete it immediately?". I get this whether I delete it from the /home folder, or straight from the /mnt/homedata folder.
I searched on Google and found this page which suggests checking the ownership and permissions of /.local/share/Trash, but I can't find this folder (and yes I've turned "show hidden files" on ). Where should the folder be? Under /home/iain, under /mnt/homedata/iain, or in the root? Or somewhere else?
[Solved] Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
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[Solved] Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
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Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
Forgot to add:
Any files I've saved actually in the /home/iain folder, not the linked partition, go to the Rubbish Bin without any warning, it's just files saved within the symlink'ed folders to /mnt/homedata/iain that get the warning.
Any files I've saved actually in the /home/iain folder, not the linked partition, go to the Rubbish Bin without any warning, it's just files saved within the symlink'ed folders to /mnt/homedata/iain that get the warning.
Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
It almost sounds like /mnt/homedata is the mountpoint of an ntfs partition. Is this true?
Can you provide the line in /etc/fstab that mounts this partition to /mnt/homedata?
Can you provide the line in /etc/fstab that mounts this partition to /mnt/homedata?
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Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
/mnt/homedata is indeed the mountpoint, but it's ext4.
Here's the line from fstab:
LABEL=homedata /mnt/homedata ext4 defaults 0 3
Here's the line from fstab:
LABEL=homedata /mnt/homedata ext4 defaults 0 3
Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
And are you the owner of the file you want to delete in /mnt/homedata ?
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Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
I own the "iain" folder in "homedata" and everything it contains.
"homedata" itself it still owned by root, the idea being if I add more users, they'll each get a folder in "homedata".
On this point I've just been playing with it, I chown'ed homedata, and it was fixed - I was able to delete things from my home folder and they went into the rubbish bin. "homedata" also now contains a folder called ".Trash-1000" with me as the owner.
So it's fixed in that respect, but I'm not sure how it'll work further down the line if I add more users. Maybe set up a user group which owns "homedata"? I'll play with it further and report back.
"homedata" itself it still owned by root, the idea being if I add more users, they'll each get a folder in "homedata".
On this point I've just been playing with it, I chown'ed homedata, and it was fixed - I was able to delete things from my home folder and they went into the rubbish bin. "homedata" also now contains a folder called ".Trash-1000" with me as the owner.
So it's fixed in that respect, but I'm not sure how it'll work further down the line if I add more users. Maybe set up a user group which owns "homedata"? I'll play with it further and report back.
Re: Can't move "home" items to rubbish bin
Sorted it, with help of this page
.Trash-1000 - I thought the number was arbitrary but it corresponds with my user ID.
I deleted the .Trash-1000 folder and put "homedata" back to root ownership so I was back to where I started.
Then I re-created the folder ".Trash-1000" within "homedata" and took ownership of it, and the problem's fixed.
I assume when I create any more users, doing the same with their user ID will work the same.
.Trash-1000 - I thought the number was arbitrary but it corresponds with my user ID.
I deleted the .Trash-1000 folder and put "homedata" back to root ownership so I was back to where I started.
Then I re-created the folder ".Trash-1000" within "homedata" and took ownership of it, and the problem's fixed.
I assume when I create any more users, doing the same with their user ID will work the same.