Help! - Write access

[Guy Shanny]

hello,
I have a problem and hope you will help me.
I am using da in my server and when I am trying to delete a folder named img_pictures(example) it says -

Unable to delete directory /domains/****/public_html/components/com_cinema1/img_pictures. Write access to the directory containing pathname was not allowed for the process's effective uid, or one of the directories in pathname did not allow search (execute) permission.

I tried to chmod,chown it but it does not help.

Help,Plz


Thx,Have a nice day,Guy.

 

[sullise]

Are you logged in as root?

DId you try rm -rf <directory> ?

 

[Guy Shanny]

Hello,
I did not try to delete it from root because I want to know what is the problem...my client don't have a root access...he only has da panel, what is the problem?

Thx.

 

[nobaloney]

Actually it's telling you the answer. Log in as root and check eveything it's telling you might be wrong.

Jeff

 

[Guy Shanny]

emm...but I don't understand what I need to do...
It says that I need to give it permission as root, I try to do-
chmod 777 /home/***
chown -R username:username /home/***

It doesn't change anything...what I need to do?
THX.

 

[nobaloney]

Did you actually type ***? That would result in an error from inside the browser, which may be why it's not working. But inside the shell it could create a completely broken and insecure system:

If those are the exact commands you used (exactly as posted) you've changed the permissions of all subdirectories of /home so that any user (in the world, actually, going in through apache) can do anything to any of the contents anywhere in your /home directory path.

Change it back to what it was. Immediately.

Then be sure to change the username:username back as it was for each subdirectory of /home as well, as otherwise nothing will work.

Or by *** you mean the real[/b] domain name, which is what you'd use in DirectAdmin? If so, that's not what you'd use in the syntax you showed us for a shell command.

Personallly I think you should start over, typing in the forum what you really typed in the browser and in the shell, so we can figure out what's wrong.

I do know that otherwise I can't help you because I don't know what you mean, and therefore don't know where you went wrong.

At least tell us the real domain name and substitute <username> for the real username. But start over and type it all over; otherwise the thread has just gotten too confusing.

Please let us help you.

Jeff