FTP Issues

Phaser · 5 May 2006 at 20:21

Hi,

When trying to delete certain files and directorys off my FTP account it
says I might not have the nessecary permissions to do so.

The permissions are set to 777 on the folders/files, and it is the
main FTP login account so I should have access to do so.

I can always create new folders and install things there but i'm left
with lots of folders with half installed software and remaining files
etc.

Any idea?

Cheers.

Beansprout · 5 May 2006 at 20:32

If the files were created by the webserver then you most likely won't own them (the webserver user will).

To delete directories you often need to use your FTP client's "recursive delete" function.

If this is on a shared hosting account ask your host, if it's your own PC then triple-check your FTP configuration and user permissions

Topgun · 5 May 2006 at 21:39

Maybe the files are locked by some other process which you will need to kill first.

Phaser · 5 May 2006 at 22:33

This is again because of hidden finles
installed likely by WordPress. These are usually files such as .htaccess
files. The webftp program doesn't understand these files, but all ftp
clients should if you turn on the show hidden files option. If it
doesn't have this, then sorry, the only way to delete it would be from
the shell via the command such as "rm -fr yorkshire".

I must say i'm impressed with Dreamhosts response times. Reply under the hour and they always manage to sort it out.

Now i've just got to see how i'd go about deleting via the shell, as Globalscape dosen't have a "view hidden files" option as far as I know?