This isn't really a permissions thing, the deep folder problem is an age old "hack" on FTP folders when they get attached. Only real way no doubt to be safe etc is to reformat.
You might be able to do some stuff with SysInternals to free up locks/delete folders but my advice would be reformat. "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: Jose Diaz To: CF-Talk Sent: Thu Jul 12 18:27:38 2007 Subject: Re: Im Ashamed But Need Help 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283599 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
