Removing Blank Directory

[Claude]

Our FTP site got hacked and a directory tree was created...the starting
folder has no name, it is blank and will not let me delete it after I
stopped the FTP server.

I get the following message: Cannot Delete File: Cannot read from file or
disk.

I tried deleting it from a DOS command and it wouldn't work.

The partition is NTFS on W2K SP3 fully patched.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Claude

 

[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

There are some techniques you can use to remove blank directory found by
doing a web search (I used google) on the following keywords: "windows"
"remove" "folder" "blank"

HTH,
Daniel
--
Daniel Chang
Server Setup Team

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
others to add to and benefit from these threads and also helps to ensure a
more timely response. Thank you!
This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup posting do not
necessarily express or reflect the views and / or opinions of Microsoft.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Our FTP site got hacked and a directory tree was created...the starting
folder has no name, it is blank and will not let me delete it after I
stopped the FTP server.

I get the following message: Cannot Delete File: Cannot read from file or
disk.

I tried deleting it from a DOS command and it wouldn't work.

The partition is NTFS on W2K SP3 fully patched.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Claude

Maybe the directory name consists of one or several spaces?
Start a Command Prompt, then run this command and examine
the output in detail for invisible spaces:

cd (to wherever your FTP directory is)
dir > \dir.txt