Unable to delete folder/files

[bike5]

I am having problems deleting two folders which have many folders and files within them. I have deleted many other folders like these with no problems but I get this error when trying to delete these two folders:

Unable to delete directory /domains/*****/public_html/modules. The directory /domains/*****/public_html/modules is not empty


If I try to delete a file within this folder, I get this error:

Unable to delete /domains/******/public_html/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10011/normal_Mvc-008s.jpg. Write access to the directory containing /domains/******/public_html/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10011/normal_Mvc-008s.jpg is not allowed for the process's effective uid, or one of the directories in pathname did not allow search (execute) permission.


I tried the file manager, and FTP. I also tried making the folders all 777 but that didn't work either. What do I need to do? Thanks for your time.

 

[peterhou]

Hi
you can loggin as root via SSH.
run:
rm -rf somefolder
the somefolder is the folder you want to delete,this will delete all files and sub-folders under that folder.


peter

 

[bike5]

got it, thanks.