Can't delete a folder

[masterfujin]

Im having problem with this folder which is named "PEAR" at the /public_html. I installed this sort of application and I'm trying to delete it because I want to install a new version, but it keeps coming back. Do you know what the problem could be?

[forum17]

Im having problem with this folder which is named "PEAR" at the /public_html. I installed this sort of application and I'm trying to delete it because I want to install a new version, but it keeps coming back. Do you know what the problem could be?

Hello,

If you are not able to delete it then make sure ownership of the directory is correct. Also check the attribute set to this directory. You can check the same using command.

lsattr it shall be ------------- . If it contains a/u/i then that could be the problem.

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[cPanelTristan]

Hello,

To expand on what forum17 has mentioned, you could run the following in root SSH to see the ownership and file permissions for the PEAR folder:

ls -ld /home/user/public_html/PEAR

Please replace user with the cPanel username. If the directory is not owned by the right user (so possibly root or nobody owns the file) or has 000 file permissions, this could well be why it isn't letting you remove it.

Next, for the lsattr command, again put the full path for public_html to see the permissions on it:

lsattr /home/user/public_html

Then check what the PEAR folder shows for that command. You might also want to drill into the folder to run lsattr on it, since anything with immutable attributes will prevent the folder from being deleted (here immutable will be an i showing up when running lsattr). You can unset the immutable bit on a file or folder by running:

chattr -i /home/user/public_html/PEAR

If there are files within the directory that are immutable, you can do this recursively:

chattr -i -R /home/user/public_html/PEAR

Thanks.