Admin password not working with latest Tiger upgrade on reboot.

Hi all,
I have just upgraded to the latest Tiger version and on rebooting to complete the install, I am asked for my password so Tiger can access the system.
My problem is that my password does not work, regardless of variations used.
When I hit "cancel" I can use the computer as normal however I guess the update process is not complete.
This very same password works with all other functions (software installs etc.)
If I restart the computer, Tiger again asks for the password.
Help! Thank you.

Same thing happened to me! See my post at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1254801&#1254801. I still haven't recovered from this. I booted from the install CD and reset the password, but that didn't help. Finally I booted into single-user mode so I could look at log files. I keep seeing things like this in /var/log/system.log:
/System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MaxOS/mcxd: MCXDinitializeDirectoryServices: Unable to open directory services -14740
...DSGetCachedConfigInfo(): DSGeRecordList() == -14071
...DSGetCacheInfo(): DSGetCachedConfigInfo() == -14071
...* MCXD.etComputerInfo: Couldn't get cache info -14071
...DSGetComputerRecordsNoInit(): DSGetRecordList() == -14071
...DSGetComputerRecodsWithCache(): DSGetComputerRecordsNoInit(gues) == -14071
memberd[41]: dsFindDirNodes returned -14071, count = 0
memberd[41]: Couldn't find root user. Sleeping and trying again.
launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[66]: exited abnormally: Hangup
...etc... the common messages seem to be "dsFindDirNodes returned -14071" and "Couldn't find root user."
This totally *****! I expect my PC to break when I use Windows Update, but I expect (and have generally experienced) better from Apple!
HELP!!!!!

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