can't delete files

[laine]

ikonboard files...
i can't delete the forums @_@
i'm sorta uninstalling it ...
grrrrrr
it says
permission denied
i can't even CHMOD it now

grrrr
what happened? it doesn't allow me to delete those files!

 

[niv]

That's because it's a different user on the system that writes to the files (nobody or whatever the webserver is using). You can't delete those.

 

[goku2k]

chmod everything to 777, and try to delete it!

 

[niv]

Originally posted by goku2k
chmod everything to 777, and try to delete it!

Try chmodding it, and you should get an error message.

 

[Dusty]

Use Nobody Delete.

 

[laine]

thanks a lot it works
oh i wonder how the script deletes the files then ... @@

 

[niv]

Originally posted by laine
thanks a lot it works
oh i wonder how the script deletes the files then ... @@

I forgot to read up on the file system commands in Perl. The reason it can delete it is that it was the same user that placed the files there in the first place.