rm -rf "dir_name" as root doesn't work?

On 12:47 Mon 20 Oct     , Ryan wrote:
> morning all
> 
> i finished installing my box on friday and started to emerge windowmaker before i 
> went home .
> 
> now this morning i have a dir with these permissions 
> 
> drwxrwxrwx    2 root  root  
> 
> but when i try delete the dir i get permission denied ,any ideas as to how i can 
> delete this dir, as windowmaker wont emerge till its gone.
> 
> thanks ryan
> 
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