cant delete a folder as i dont have permissions?

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Posted by Beatplexity, 04-17-2010, 01:23 PM
Ive got a folder which is taking up a lot of space that i want to delete when i log in to cuteftp it says the owner is '0' all the other folders and files are under my username now i think this folder was created by a server admin company when i had some work done, but now i want to delete it. When i try to delete it under my username it says permission denied i can log in as root owner but i cant navigate to my account where my website is (i cant find the public_html folder)
Posted by 040Hosting, 04-17-2010, 01:26 PM
0 means root you will need to do this from the shell.
Posted by Beatplexity, 04-17-2010, 01:34 PM
sigh -_- im still a noob ok so how would i navigate from the root of my server to my account where my website is stored? i use the commands 'ls' in putty but still have trouble finding my account
Posted by 040Hosting, 04-17-2010, 01:38 PM
If it is a cPanel server the default location would be /home/userid/public_html if you do not have a control-panel you could find the location in your apache configuration file. httpd.conf
Posted by khunj, 04-17-2010, 01:51 PM
You can use the locate command:
Posted by VIPoint, 04-17-2010, 02:00 PM
Check the apache conf file. You can see the full path for the document root of the website in the entry of the domain.
Posted by bear, 04-17-2010, 02:25 PM
If it's cpanel, and you have root shell: cd ~username/public_html
Posted by 040Hosting, 04-17-2010, 02:48 PM
right ~username would be better as in theory you could have changed or have multiple home directories on different disks. the ~ tells linux to lookup the 'home'directory of the user and thus always send you to the right location. While in my example by going to /home/ could be wrong.
Posted by Beatplexity, 04-17-2010, 10:13 PM
all sorted, thanks guys for the help

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