[users@httpd] client removal of .htaccess file

Can one without server root access delete a previously uploaded .htaccess file? The server can be accessed from the command line (e.g., ftp.[url] and permissions) but the file listing contains .htaccess_bak, not the .htaccess file. -

[users@httpd] SSI/website rendering errors

I thank both of you for your responses. I was simply trying to determine if similar issues had arisen with Apache - I didn't expect a resolution for a LiteSpeed problem. As it turns out, LiteSpeed rolled out an update last evening which fixed the SSI errors. -