Posted by dorayme on 08/28/06 00:50

In article <10b4f298htu3frdcvhrqktta4sosnp1ae7@4ax.com>,
Steven Saunderson <phelum@Syd.au> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:21:07 +1000, dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > I have had this before with a completely different server and had
> > to ask the server people to delete it. I never got any feedback,
> > they just said they had deleted it and it was indeed gone.
>
> It is possible to get undeletable (using FTP) files if you create files
> using PHP. The PHP created files have the Apache UID and if the
> permissions are restricted then deletion via FTP will fail because FTP
> will be using your account UID. Can you check the permissions and UID
> of the files to see if they match those of files you have uploaded ?

They are from folders that had html files and pics, nothing to do
with PHP. They have the same permissions as all the other files
that really have full existence.

(Fancy it being the case that something that truly exists can be
so easily extinguished while some thing that only half exists
cannot be.)

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dorayme

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