Lion asking for password to delete trash or overwrite files

This work for my MacBook Pro 13.

Thanks a lot iVmichael

Worked perfectly with the first command...

Thank You MSiLight!

your suggestion worked. I had to type in my password everytime I tried to delete a file and the Trash bin always looked empty. Now that I changed the Read & Write permission it works like normal.

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I tried all of the above suggestions, and this is the ONLY one that worked !!!!! Thanks for the post!!!

Thank you @ in8chirofrom page 4.

It worked!

I did the same, works fine for me. Thanks rodfromcoquitlam

It Worked with me,

Many Thanks

rodfromcoquitlam's solution worked. Here it is again:

1. Restart your MacBook Pro, and before you hear the chime, hold down the Command and R keys.

2. You’ll be at the Repair Utilities screen. Click the Utilities item in the Menu Bar, then click Terminal.

3. In the Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Return.

4. The password reset utility window launches, but you’re not going to reset the password. Instead, click on icon for your Mac’s hard drive at the top. From the dropdown below it, select the user account where you’re having issues.

5. At the bottom of the window, you’ll see an area labeled Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the Reset button there.

The reset process takes just a couple of minutes. When it’s done, exit the programs you’ve opened and restart your Mac.

It will be back to normal.

I'd like to add one bit to these instructions. It's hard to know when the whole process is completed. The way to know is when the "Reset" button returns out of gray status.

thankyou cegh this worked perfect !!!

If none of the solutions work and/or you aren't feeling particularly savvy with the terminal and/or hidden files......

Do what I intend to do: Make a new folder on the desktop called "trash". Let trash build up, and then trash it all at once. Yes, you'll still be asked for a password. But not every time you want to throw something out...

I take that back. MSiLight's worked.

thank you very much! it worked for me.

I have never had any problems with mountain lion but after I updated the system couple of weeks ago, I can't empty my trash.

It asks for password every time I delete some files and the weirdest thing is that trash is empty but files are still remained somehow and won't be able to empty the trash at all. I opened the trash folder and it's empty but deleted files are still there. I don't know how to fix this!

Help!

FWIW I used this simple method with success (step #3):

http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/11/29/why-does-trash-ask-for-a-password-permissi ons-pt-1/