diff -ur fileutils-4.0.37/ChangeLog fileutils-4.0.37-igl/ChangeLog
--- fileutils-4.0.37/ChangeLog	Sun Jan 21 12:27:38 2001
+++ fileutils-4.0.37-igl/ChangeLog	Mon Feb  5 22:47:58 2001
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-05  Ian Lynagh  <address@hidden>
+
+    * chmod directories u+rwx if necessary first if interactive is 0
+      so we can remove them
+
 2001-01-21  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
 
 	* Version 4.0.37.
diff -ur fileutils-4.0.37/THANKS fileutils-4.0.37-igl/THANKS
--- fileutils-4.0.37/THANKS	Sat Jan 13 15:48:59 2001
+++ fileutils-4.0.37-igl/THANKS	Mon Feb  5 23:01:02 2001
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 Hugh Daniel                         address@hidden
 Ian Jackson                         address@hidden
 Ian Lance Taylor                    address@hidden
+Ian Lynagh                          address@hidden
 Ian Turner                          address@hidden
 James                               address@hidden
 James Antill                        address@hidden
--- fileutils-4.0.37/src/remove.c	Mon Dec 25 10:44:42 2000
+++ fileutils-4.0.37-igl/src/remove.c	Mon Feb  5 22:47:00 2001
@@ -702,6 +702,12 @@
   if (need_save_cwd && save_cwd (&cwd))
     return RM_ERROR;
 
+  /* Make target directory u+rwx if it isn't already */
+  if ((!(fs->mode & S_IRUSR) || !(fs->mode & S_IWUSR) || !(fs->mode & S_IXUSR))
+          && !x->interactive)
+    /* We don't care about errors here, let them get caught below */
+    chmod (dir_name, fs->mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR);
+
   /* Make target directory the current one.  */
   if (chdir (dir_name) < 0)
     {