Ubuntu
nautilus package

no permission to delete var/backup

Asked by Rich Shortman

Simple Backup places an incomplete tar file in /var/backup that I don.t have permission to delete.
Simple Backup will not purge the file. It is taking up too much room on the drive
I am the machines owner
How do I obtain permission?

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

With the sudo command, open a terminal and type:
To sudo and related usage use "man" from terminal
man sudo
man rm
man ...

To delete:

cd /var/backup
sudo rm ....

type your password when requested, you don't see nothing when you digit it, then press enter

or with nautilus

gksudo nautilus

HTH

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Rich Shortman (richshortman) said : 		#2

Thanks elart.it, that solved my question.