Adrian, I had this exact problem a few months ago. The perpetrator had put lpt com, etc folders in there. I was able to delete a few hundred but it was a long process. Even after deleting so many of them there were still an innumerable amount of folders and MP3 and wav files in the location where he placed them. After looking throughout active directory I also found some corrupted objects. Because I didn't know the depth of damage done, I started from scratch. It would have taken me a very long time to delete every folder and subfolders if I was to use the rm.exe tool. I've learned my lesson.
Original Message----- From: Adrian Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:37 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: rm.exe? Does anyone know where I can get a copy of rm.exe? I had a public FTP server for the benefit of a few clients, and someone from the 'net has created hundreds of sub-directories under a bunch of directory names such as "com1", "com2", "aux" and various other reserves names - many directories have no names at all. They cannot be deleted from Win2K GUI. They have then dumped 20GB+ of warez, MP3 files etc.. into these directories, presumably with the idea of promoting it as a public respository. This is apparently very common, and the moral is not to run an anonymous FTP server! MS have some info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q120716 The delete and rd commands from the command prompt do not work. In addition to rm.exe, anyone know of any other way of zapping these directories? Thanks. Regards, Adrian Cooper. ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
