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completely stuck.

got a file obtained by torrent using torrentflux(php client) and I cant make any changes to it.

tried renaming in cpanel and get File op error permission denied.

I also cant make any changes to the directory its in (torrent/downloads/admin) and it doesnt show up when I open the directory url up. When I try to see it in Flashfxp/Filezilla via FTP it says directory listing failed or it just shows a blank directory.

I can download it through cpanel, but its non resumable, so I can't manage due to its size.

filename is (when listed through privateshell ssh client)

ProjectAmadeus[Win&Mac][h33t][Theslayerz]/

the following commands do nothing :

rename ProjectAmadeus[Win&Mac][h33t][Theslayerz]/ test
rename ProjectAmadeus[Win/&Mac][h33t][Theslayerz]/ test
rename ProjectAmadeus[Win/&/Mac][h33t][Theslayerz]/ test

I thought the following had worked:
rename "ProjectAmadeus[Win/&/Mac][h33t][Theslayerz]/" test
but when I did dir again it hadnt changed.

so I tried doing

cd /home/gt6/torrent/downloads/
root@server [/home/gt6]# chown -R gt6.gt6 *
root@server [/home/gt6]# chown gt6.nobody admin
root@server [/home/gt6]# /scripts/mailperm gt6
root@server [/home/gt6]#

then trying again to rename it, but still it didnt change.

File op error permission denied.

Try chmod -R 777 just to see if it REQUIRES write ability as well as read. This is always worth trying. Then chmod back to the norm. Make sure to do this from the root folder as the -R will recursively go through the folder and each sub folder changing all folder / file permissions to read/write. If that don't work, you most likely have a bad/corrupt download.

Ran the command

chmod -R 777 *

waited then tried again and it renamed perfectly, allowing it to show up in directory listing. Thanks a bunch :-)