Logged In: YES 
user_id=192186

I meant, that as root you can do anything regardless actual
file permissions:

as root:

# mkdir test
# touch test/file
# chmod 400 test
# ll -d test
dr--------  2 root   root     4096 2004-12-04 22:00 test
# rm -rf test
#

as user:

$ mkdir test
$ touch test/file
$ chmod 400 test
$ ll -d test
dr--------  2 michal michal 4096 2004-12-04 22:05 test
$ rm -rf test
rm: cannot chdir from `.' to `test': Permission denied
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