Trash Nanagement
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Trash Nanagement
As Root and Sudo it is possible to delete, or in Software Sources, Permanently Remove, stuff you will never see again. Is there a way to get all this possible damage into the Trash Folder?
Re: Trash Nanagement
When you delete things, they're deleted. Your step thereafter, would be to try data recovery tools like
testdisk
. The "Trash" is the stage before files are actually deleted. This is why you must always take great care with your data, on any system, regardless of OS, but in Linux, especially when you have root access.Here to help.
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Re: Trash Nanagement
Honestly if you need to ask such a question you should not ever log in as root. That's why Ubuntu and Mint, which are meant to be friendly to novices, don't set one by default when you install whereas ones for more expert users like Arch and Debian do set one. You can really trash your OS logged in as root if you don't know what you're doing, and since Linux and Unix assume a root user does, there'll be no warnings.
Re: Trash Nanagement
To clarify, for the OP: the root password is locked, thus the root account is effectively but not entirely disabled -- there are still ways you can log in as the root user, at least for the most part.
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I'm also terminalforlife (TFL) on GitHub: https://github.com/terminalforlife
I'm LearnLinux (LL) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfp-lN ... naEE6NtDSg
I'm also terminalforlife (TFL) on GitHub: https://github.com/terminalforlife
Re: Trash Nanagement
Well I tend not to use Root for just the reasons you describe, mostly though to open locked files and then I am very careful what I do there. I have on the other hand solved the delete problem. The Trash Folder has a box I can uncheck in its settings whick changes the dropdown list from Delete to Move to trash. This does nothing for Remove Permanently in the Software Sources Folder, which can be had using Sudo.Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:09 pmHonestly if you need to ask such a question you should not ever log in as root. That's why Ubuntu and Mint, which are meant to be friendly to novices, don't set one by default when you install whereas ones for more expert users like Arch and Debian do set one. You can really trash your OS logged in as root if you don't know what you're doing, and since Linux and Unix assume a root user does, there'll be no warnings.