Coppermine makes folders that I can't remove!

[Sunny G]

Hi everybody. got a question for y'all.
I downloaded coppermine (http://www.coppermine.sf.net/) today for my site team847.com:cool:
I moved the files around a bit, and the folders in which coppermine previously was (on the server) I can't delete! Why? I tried different FTP software and it didn't work. What do I do?

[ray326]

Wow, you broke the coppermine site, too. :D

[Sunny G]

What?

[NogDog]

If it's a UNIX/Linux server, there could be hidden files in it (filename starts with a "." character). Your web host provider may have configured FTP to not have access to such files, so you may either need to remotely log in to the server, use whatever file system tool is provided by your web host, or contact the web host admin to delete them for you.

[Sunny G]

It is a unix server actually... How do I log in remotely?

[NogDog]

Odds are that if they don't allow FTP access to hidden files, they probably don't allow remote logins either. But, you can try this from your cmd tool:

telnet hostname.com

If it prompts you for a login, see if you can get in with your user name then the password when prompted. Most likely, it will return some sort of "unable to connect" error, though.

[ray326]

telnet team847.com

LOL! We've been doggin' each other all evening. :D

The ftp may have an option to "show hidden".

[NogDog]

Another option to try: from the cmd tool again, do...

ftp yourdomain.com

Login when prompted. Use the "cd directoryname" command to change to the directory in question. Then (after you're sure you're in the right directory), try:

dele .*

This should, theoretically, delete all files in that directoy which begin with a ".".

[Sunny G]

Nope, those didn't work. I'll call my ISP and see if they can resolve the issue, and see if they know how I can take of these in the future.