Problem Chmoding

I've been using SmartFTP for years and every now and then it won't let me chmod some folders. I know that it's enabled because I've done ir before but I went to chmod a folder so I could batch add photos for coppermine and it won't give me that option. I've tried restarting my computer, disconecting and reconnecting to FTP again and all of that jazz and nothing seems to work. Does anyone know how I might fix this problem?

do you have ssh / telnet access to your server (besides ftp access)? if so, you could try to chmod via the command line. maybe you're not allowed to chmod that particular folder, e.g. because it is the root folder of your ftp home. in that case, you'd have to talk to the server administrator.

They won't let us have telnet access for some reason though the folder I'm trying to chmod isn't the root folder. =/ It's like the whole subfolder of a subfolder deal.