So I installed 1.1.12 SMF but I like 2.0 better. So I went into FTp and deleted all the files. All of them are gone except one. THe themes directroy won't delete. And at the top of FileZilla it says wrong permission. What do I do? I want to install 2.0 on thje root directory but I can't with that there.
And I don't know what you will see but my site is ps3trophyguides.com
Thanks
Most likely, it means that when the theme was uploaded or modified via SMF, the wrong user was assigned, and thus you cannot delete it via FTP. You will have to delete it as Apache, which means using the unlink() (http://www.php.net/unlink) function via FTP. Also, on that page I linked you to, there are some fairly useful recursive delete functions posted by some users. Check it out.
Thank you very much Blaze. I will be sure to check that out. ;)
Ok I don't understand how to do this. SOmeone please help. :'(
Ask you host to to fix ownership of all files inside your account.
Quote from: tumbleweed on December 02, 2010, 12:05:59 AM
Ask you host to to fix ownership of all files inside your account.
Ok I'll try. So there isn't any way I can just whipe everything out and start from scratch?
Oh and thanks 4 the reply
Quote from: ChimeraX on December 02, 2010, 12:07:07 AM
Quote from: tumbleweed on December 02, 2010, 12:05:59 AM
Ask you host to to fix ownership of all files inside your account.
Ok I'll try. So there isn't any way I can just whipe everything out and start from scratch?
Oh and thanks 4 the reply
Not really. The ownership of files prevents you from doing anything unless you either have root access, or you do what I posted above. Ask your host.
If you have SSH access, just sudo rm -rv dir
There are a few ways to handle a situation where the ownership of a folder or files is wrong.
1) Chmod the files/folders 777 with a PHP script such as the SMF built in options (in Packages) and then delete them.
2) Use some sort of php file manager to directly delete them, such as http://phpfm.sourceforge.net/
3) Ask your host to fix ownership, and then delete them
Most of the time, any or all of those options should work.