Copy of webdav share can not be deleted

A copy of my webdav share is made when backups are triggered by software updates. (ie. when I do a wordpress update, domain.com is copied to domain.com.old) Since the copy retains all the original permissions and ownership, I can not modify/delete the copied folder. Is there a way remove the copy of the webdav share from the shell somehow? Or do I need to talk to Dreamhost tech support?

hmm... what is the file permission on the copied folder?

here's an ls of the webdav share

drwxr-xr-x 4 dhapache dhapache 4096 2007-08-24 11:53 webdav

ls of inside webdav

drwxr-xr-x 4 dhapache dhapache 4096 2007-08-24 11:53 .
drwxr-x--- 2 dhapache dhapache 4096 2006-01-17 21:15 .DAV
-rw-r----- 1 dhapache dhapache 6148 2006-01-17 22:00 .DS_Store
-r-------- 1 dhapache dhapache 424 2007-08-24 11:53 .htaccess
-r--r----- 1 dhapache dhapache 40 2007-08-24 11:53 .htpasswd
drwxr-x--- 4 dhapache dhapache 4096 2006-01-17 21:43 subfolderofwebdav

thanks

Well there ya have it ... dhapache owns everything, and no one else has write privs. This mean you will need DH tech support to do the deletions (or write a PHP script and run it under mod_php to delete the stuff yourself).

--rlparker