What platform is it on? Check the owner of the file/folder and change the owner - unix: chown then try a rm -r on the folder.
On 7/12/07, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think to be honest that a reformat is in order, if it's been compromised > then it's the only safe way to ensure any malware etc has been removed. > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Jordan > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Thu Jul 12 16:49:18 2007 > Subject: Re: Im Ashamed But Need Help > > Rob, > > What sort of system? *nix, Windoze, what? > > I know in *nix you should be able to use a wild card in your rmdir > command: > > # rmdir oOoOo* > > I'm not 100% sure, but you might be able to do the same thing from > within the command prompt on Windoze. > > HTH, > Chris > > Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: > > Hello Guys, > > > > > > > > I've got a bit of an embracing one here, but I left one of my FTP sites > open > > for a couple of days this week (I've now secured it) and some little > monkey > > has been in and created a load of folder with names such as > > 'oOoOoOoimagesoOoOoOooooo', no real harm done just a load of empty > folders > > which go on many many folders deep. > > > > > > > > However I'm not able to delete them when logged into the server as an > admin, > > it just says the file name I've specified is invalid or too long. > > > > > > > > Any ideas on how I can get rid of this stuff? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
