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it could be one of the files have a quote, you can try this:


find /Groups/* -type f -print0 | grep -v "\." | xargs rm

try doing this:


dmesg | tail

to find out what the log says...

www-data is right. it's apache in red-hat based distros.

can you post the output of this:


groups teknophil

after installing samba, install the nautilus-share extension.


sudo apt-get install nautilus-share

then you can share your files by just a right click->"Sharing Options" in your Ubuntu box.
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i agree with almost everyone here :) Mac OS is just too expensive for my taste...

Is this a fresh installation?

tsoul, can you post the exact commands that you used, and the exact error also.

you can use xargs, followed by rm.


find your/path/ -type f | grep -v "\." | xargs rm

note that this will delete the files and there's no way to recover it. maybe you can move it to a...

hmmmm.... you can try this:

find your/path/ -type f | grep -v "\."

tsoul, if you know the user name, you can use find's -user option

you can try using find.

find / -name 0E059100

You can add apache to the user's list of groups, then set their home directories to "group writable", e.g 775

You can check a user's groups by running the groups command.

host:~/ groups...

If I'm low on disk space, I use Disk Usage Analyzer to figure out what's eating it and where the files are located. It's bundled with Ubuntu.

You can find it under Applications->Accessories->Disk...