Attempting to restore User account (saved as folder, not disc image)

I was using this article to restore it, though I have Snow Leopard and not Lion. I'm having trouble at "Rename the home directory by removing (Deleted) so that the folder name becomes the account name of the deleted user." I can't rename the file. I tried clicking twice as I normally do, I tried using Get Info to change it that way, but even after unlocking it I couldn't edit the name.
Am I doing something wrong that I'm overlooking? Is the article I'm using too outdated? Is there another way I can restore the User account; most How To's seem to be for if it was saved as a disc image, which I didn't do.

Never mind, I've solved it on my own. I needed to log in as root.

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