deleting files requires permissions of deleted user

[RagtimeBetty]

I have a nas that was set up by me ex - his user profile is deleted, my user has root however I can't seem to delete a bunch of folders as it requires permissions from the user, command line doesnt run and deleting the folder thru windows generates permission error.
is there another way to delete the folders?

 

[Jailer]

Use the shell and rm -R /path/to/file to remove them. Be careful though, using the -R switch will permanently remove whatever you tell it to.

 

[RagtimeBetty]

Use the shell and rm -R /path/to/file to remove them. Be careful though, using the -R switch will permanently remove whatever you tell it to.

I have tried that - it does not delete the folders

 

[kdragon75]

chown root:root /path/to/file?

 

[MrToddsFriends]

chown root:root /path/to/file?

Would be chown root:wheel /path/to/file in FreeNAS/FreeBSD.

 

[fracai]

post the output of ls -la /path/to/folder
and rm -rf /path/to/folder
And again the warning about being careful with rm -rf, especially when run as root.