Web server help needed.

Fecalator · Post by **Fecalator** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:56 am

Hello, I am trying to delete some un-needed folders in the free web space. However, every time I try to delete them, I get this message:

"An error occured deleteing the file or folder on the FTP server. Make sure you have permission to access this folder. Details: 500 Remove directory operation failed."

This only occurs with a few folders. Is there any way to delete them without wiping the web server? Thanks.

bOoya · Post by **bOoya** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:12 am

I believe you get that error if some of the files in that folder are in use by the mysql server. If you don't have anything you're using on the mysql database, wipe that and then proceed to delete your files. If you are using the database, I think you'll have to use something like phpmyadmin to delete the specific unused portions and then go back and delete the files from the webserver.
Also, go into each folder that you are trying to delete and see if there are .htaccess files in there that can be deleted. Once you clear all those hopefully you'll be able to delete the whole folder.