Problem deleting files from documents folder

[BlindSeer]

Hello everybody.

thanks for the help so far and I hope this question isn’t way too stupid, as I am still digging into Linux rights management.

After Windows recovery deleted my backup disk I was able to copy the deleted files with help from testdisk and recover them. After the process finished I formatted the old data grave, removing the last remains of Windows (pondering to switch became will to switch after that incident) and giving it a Linux file system. Then I copied all files back to the data grave HDD.
Now when I want to delete the recovered files from my documents folder (that’s where I copied them for easy finding) in Dolphin I get an “access denied to trash” error if I hit “del” or “can’t delete” error with “shift+del”. All files seem have root ownership (had to run testdisk with sudo, was that the cause?).

Where is the problem and what can I do? I’m running EOS with KDE.

Thanks in advance for the patience and pointers.

[pebcak]

@BlindSeer

All files seem have root ownership

Try changing the ownership from root to your user and see if it helps.

sudo chown -Rv $USER: /path/to/mountpoint

Replace /path/to/mountpoint with the actual path.

[BlindSeer]

Thanks, that helped. Also brought me one step closer to understand the different concepts with user rights between Windows and Linux. Also the syntax and logic behind commands came bit clearer… Change Ownership… Got that one.
Now I can clean up and then sort out all emergency backups. I’m starting to feel home with EOS and Linux.

[pebcak]

Glad you could resolve the issue and good luck on your Linux journey!