How do I delete a folder that need su

I need to delete or rename a folder called pb (it has files in it) that is located in the /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/
when I was using Ubuntu I would just open the folder using nautilus and try and delete it but Arch is different so I don't know how to delete or rename a folder

from the command line:
#delete
rm -rf pb
# rename
mv pb newname
I don't know what DE/WM you're using, so I can't be sure any graphical advice I give you will be of any help, but the above should work.
I know in kde you can run a graphical app as root with kdesu, so to open the file manager (konqueror) you could run the command:
kdesu konqueror
don't know how it works in too many other environments.

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