On 19/12/02 18:14, "patrick fisher" <patrick.m.fisher at wamu.net> wrote: > I had a few files of files that would not delete from the trash. Two of them > were > locked and the permissions were set to my daughter. As admin, I tried to > change the > permissions in the getinfo window, but it wouldn't let me and said an 'error > one' > occurred. I used disk utility to go in and fix the permissions, however that > didn't > work. What version of OSX are you using.? I just did the same and had no problems changing owner using OSX 10.2.2. Regarding permission fixing, I would not expect the owner of a personal file to be changed, as it was probably not a system file. Cheers, Kim