Hi, i hope this is the right thread for this, but anyways i downloaded a website template and uploaded it to my server. For some reason I can't edit any of the files in it or change permissions or delete files within the templates root directory. Does anyone know how I can go about changing this problem? Thanks.
Did you happen to upload the template as the root user? In the past I've uploaded files as one user and then have been unable to edit them or do anything as I do not have permissions under the other. If you have ssh access do the following command in the root directory: ls -lh Code (markup): This will show all of the files with permissions and owner. If everything looks good for the template directory (same as the other directories) then go into the directory and do the same command. If you do have root access to the server you can always run rm -drf folder_name Code (markup): This command will forcibly get rid of any files and folders in that direcotry. Be careful as you can remove all files on the system with the rm command and root permissions. I've done it before, its not a pretty sight.
A safer way might be running chown -R username * Code (markup): in the directory that's having the problem. You will need to change "username" to your username.