The key to deleting the directories is finding the true 8.3 MS-DOS name. Open a command prompt, 'cd' into the parent directory, and then do:
dir /X The /X switch will reveal the real name (often folders like "COM1 " have a trailing space). Once you know the real name you can use 'rd' to delete it. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Imail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:04 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] FTP server hijacked > Someone has hacked my Imail server that had FTP running on it. Now there are > directories on the drive that can not be removed except by anonymous user ? > > Anyone know how they got to write that on my ftp if it was set to deny > anonymous connections ? > > Tim > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Sent using Novelty Mail the FREE EMAIL SERVICE. Click here http://noveltymail.com to get your own free email using this or ANY of our fun domain names. > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
