Thanks for the bug report! As it turns out, this is by design. It is the ownership of the directory that contains files that dictates if files can be removed from a given directory. Moving a root-owned file from $HOME to $HOME/Documents just means that $HOME and $HOME/Documents are user-owned.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- nautilus moves files wich belongs to root (755) from one userfolder with userrights to another (and deletes the original !) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs