Try deleting them with the 8.3 names. If that doesn't work, try downloading some win32 versions of Unix utilities. I had a similar problem where I could delete files on a workstation but not copy them. I was able to copy them using Posix symlinks. -Mike At 05:48 PM 11/8/2001 -0800, Drew E. Gilkey wrote: >Went on vacation for a week, come back to see that my email server is >reporting that its comepletely full. Look a little deeper into it and I >see that people have uploaded tons of MP3's, Warez, etc.. Wondering how >they got in I start to do a virus scan and bam... Nimda was found... >Unfortunately now I have tons of files on my system that cannot >seemingly be removed... 2000 thinks they dont exist, yet they do and >they are taking up disk space.. I have managed to get one of the >directories removed but the other ones contained tons of locked files, >weird directory structures that make the system think that the files nor >directory dont exist, plus permission problems... Anyone got a tool that >will allow me to just delete the directory and all the subdirectories >this stuff is in? Or any advice.. I have tried using the ASCII >characters, etc.. but I just cant seem to get them to delete.. I can >access the folders via FTP, but when i try to delete them the OS cannot, >not can I download anything in the folder. > >--Drew Gilkey >Dgilkeyat_private ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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