Proftpd problem

[heyman12]

I threw some things in my a few subforums in my home directory, now I want to delete them, I drag them to the trash, and with a few folders, I get this message, and they wont delete:

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/tenshi_admin_shipo/error-2.png

[iaculallad]

Try the command below on your terminal:


gksudo nautilus

When your nautilus window open, browse that folder - right-click on it and delete/move to trash.

[heyman12]

I dont have that instlled.

let me see if that works once it done

[iaculallad]

I dont have that instlled.

Had you tried sudo rm? That will give you the privilege to delete a file/folder.

*You don't have nautilus installed? You just posted a graphical error message.

[heyman12]

I'm using SSH from my vista computer.

[heyman12]

Had you tried sudo rm? That will give you the privilege to delete a file/folder.

*You don't have nautilus installed? You just posted a graphical error message.

sudo rm wont delete directories, and although it says its not empty, there are no files in these directories visible, and as I said before, I'm using SSH and FTP.

[iaculallad]

I'm using SSH from my vista computer.

I see. Once logged on your Ubuntu server via SSH, you could issue the command:


rm /directory/filename.ext

or


rm -rf /directory/directory-to-be-deleted

EDIT: Try the -rf switch with your sudo rm.

[heyman12]

thanks, that worked.