On 12/12/10 05:05, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 11/12/2010 22:57, Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday, December 11, 2010 02:55:47 am Basil Chupin wrote:
I came across a file in her /home directory which showed up as named "!gfs" or "!gvs" or something similar.
As root I could not access it nor delete it: "Access denied" (it had zero bytes for size, anyway). It is link to /home/user/.gvfs directory. Look on the web for "root can't delete gvfs". It is gvfs-fuse mount point that can access only user of that file system. The reason is privacy and you can imagine that is design decision, not a bug, but in any case it is something that acts contrary to common sense in Unix, where system admin can access any point of computer.
Ah, many thanks for this Rajko. Next time I come across this I won't bother agonising about how to delete it :-) .
BC
When I first saw the message I was puzzled, a little bit of research told me it was a mounted filesystem so I umounted it. Others since then got worried and I explained it. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org