4.2.3 Strange phantom media directory name

[anton mcloughlin]

Suddenly in my deia directory structure as viewed thru PGV i get a phantom directory that when clicked on opens the media root directory
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<script src="js/phpgedview.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>
<div id="uploadmedia" style="display:none"><form name="uploadmedia" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="media.php"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="upload" /><input type="hidden" name="showthumb" value="1" /><table class="list_table ltr width100"><tr><td class="topbottombar" colspan="2">Upload Media files<br />Maximum upload size: 20M</td></tr><tr><td class="topbottombar" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Upload" tabindex="1" /></td></tr><tr><td class="descriptionbox ltr wrap width25"> <a class="help" tabindex="0" title="Information about: Upload Media files" href="javascript:// Upload Media files" onclick="helpPopup('upload_media_file_help'); return false;"><img src="images/small/help.gif" class="icon" width="15" height="15" alt="" /></a>Media file to upload</td><td class="optionbox ltr wrap"><input name="mediafile1" type="file" size="40" tabindex="2" /><br />_{Use the &laquo;Browse&raquo; button to search your local computer for the desired file.}</td></tr><tr><td class="descriptionbox ltr wrap width25"> <a class="help" tabindex="0" title="Information about: Generate thumbnail automatically from " href="javascript:// Generate thumbnail automatically from " onclick="helpPopup('generate_thumb_help'); return false;"><img src="images/small/help.gif" class="icon" width="15" height="15" alt="" /></a>Automatic thumbnail</td><td class="optionbox ltr wrap"><input type="checkbox" name="genthumb1" value="yes" checked="checked" tabindex="3" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generate thumbnail automatically from GIF, JPG, PNG</td></tr><tr><td class="descriptionbox ltr wrap width25"> <a class="help" tabindex="0" title="Information about: Upload Media files" href="javascript:// Upload Media files" onclick="helpPopup('upload_thumbnail_file_help'); return false;"><img src="images/small/help.gif" class="icon" width="15" height="15" alt="" /></a>Thumbnail to upload</td><td class="optionbox ltr wrap"><input name="thumbnail1" type="file" tabindex="4" size="40" /><br />_{Use the &laquo;Browse&raquo; button to search your local computer for the desired file.}</td></tr><tr><td class="descriptionbox ltr wrap width25"> <a class="help" tabindex="0" title="Information about: Upload Media files" href="javascript:// Upload Media files" onclick="helpPopup('upload_server_file_help'); return false;"><img src="images/small/help.gif" class="icon" width="15" height="15" alt="" /></a>File name on server</td><td class="optionbox ltr wrap"><input name="filename1" type="text" tabindex="5" size="40" /><br />_{Do not change to keep original file name.}</td></tr><tr><td class="descriptionbox ltr wrap width25"> <a class="help" tabindex="0" title="Information about: Upload Media files" href="javascript:// Upload Media files" onclick="helpPopup('upload_server_folder_help'); return false;"><img src="images/small/help.gif" class="icon" width="15" height="15" alt="" /></a>Folder name on server</td><td class="optionbox ltr wrap"><span dir="ltr"><select name="folder_list1" onchange="document.uploadmedia.folder1.value=this.options.value;">

<option value="/"> Choose:  </option><option value="other" disabled>Other folder… please type in</option>
<option value="/">/</option>
<option value="Baptism/">Baptism/</option>
<option value="Birth/">Birth/</option>
<option value="Census/">Census/</option>
<option value="Death/">Death/</option>
<option value="Ephemera/">Ephemera/</option>
<option value="Marriage/">Marriage/</option>

<option value="Wills/">Wills/</option>
<option value="kaeiRg)6v4ja:q9e�/">kaeiRg)6v4ja:q9e�/</option>
</select></span>

above is s snippett from source view of page.

I have checked the server structure thru wise ftp and see nothing additional
also had a quick look in MySQL tables but could not find it either.

any ideas on how to get rid of it??

regards

Anton

[Gerry Kroll]

That weird collection of letters, symbols, and numbers is an encrypted directory name. 

This is strictly a server file system anomaly - you won't see anything relevant in the database.  Is there a missing directory name in the list of options you show above?

You should be able to use FTP to rename that directory or to delete it.  If FTP fails to delete or rename the directory, you'll have to get your server support folks to do it for you.  PGV won't delete it if there are any data files or other directories in it.