I have uploaded wordpress files in to my root folder.. but I didn't install it. I wanted to install it in to a sub domain.. So I deleted all files in root folder.. then this file can not delete - .pureftpd-upload.4bc48229.15.78be.7813b4fd it is in wp-admin/images/ how can I delete it.. file permission is 644 and can not change it either.. can anyone help me please.. thank you.
if its a shared hosting then you ask your hosting provider to delete it otherwise go to cpanel and open file manager go to the directory and try to delete after selecting file Regards Alex
ask your hosting provider it is created when u upload some files and stop inbetween normally it is created in root folder i wonder how u get in images folder Regards Alex
if you have root access when I do not think that you can;t delete the file it's actually impossible to not delete the file with root access also check the file permissions (what is the owner of the file)
what do you mean you can't change them? What is the owner of the file? Do you have SSH access at all?
wow, it's amazing, I could delete it, I didn't do anything.. simply deleted through FileZilla.. have you any ideas what was happened ?
.pureftpd-upload.4bc48229.15.78be.7813b4fd = this is a temporary file created when you are transferring files between your server and your pc. It usually deleted when uploads finished. If it's undeletable, just log into your cpanel, use the file manager and delete the file from there. Presto! Oh, you can also just reupload the same file again and make sure the transfer is not interrupted and the file will dissapear when the upload finished.
With which app you been trying to delete the file? I think simply you have the temporary file where system just released it after the process was finished that is why you were able to delete it.
As casius says, you need to find out who the owner of the file is. Just because it's in your directories doesn't mean you have ownership of it. Check in file manager who the owner is - if you can't delete it, most likely your not the owner. If you have shell access you can see if you can take ownership of the file by typing the following; chown yourid original_owner filename Replace yourid with your webhost userid Replace original_owner with the owners username Replace filename with that the file you want to remove After you take ownership you can delete it; rm filename Hope this helps,
He managed to delete that file with filezilla so I guess that it was the process problems, but not ownership or permission related.
ya , the reason will be due to wrong ownership, because pure ftpd service won't be owned by your local user.
With what application you are trying to delete a file? I think you have just a temporary file in which the system just released him after the process has been completed, so you can remove it. If I have any good idea I will post, thx very much