Hi,

I've got several folders in the public_html folder that cannot be deleted even though it's there. I get the following message via FTP:

"Requested action not taken (e.g., file or directory not found, no access)."

The folders are there, but for some reason they cannot be deleted. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

what are the permissions on them ?

rm -rf <dir>

could be a symlink though

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Sometimes, the scripts you run created the directories. As they are running under Apache permissions, it is at a level higher than user level permissions.

In such a case, you can try the following:

- Chmod it 777 before trying to delete it. Sometimes this works, although logically you shouldn't be able to chmod it as well.

- If you don't run your own server, only your host would be able to help as even shell access would not have the right level of permissions. Drop them an email or open a support ticket for help.

you have a point there sprintserve

check the immutable bit isnt set too..

Thanks, guys! I've had my host delete the files for me. The directory was created by some script, obviously.

Good day! :)

:) This happens a lot when you use smarty.

Could also be your owner/group is not set to you either.

may it have a .htaccess on it? and .htaccess files are not visible through FTP