HELP: Deleted the group "admin" through NetInfo Manager. HELP

I deleted (by accident) the group "admin" through NetInfo Manager and don't know what do to now.
I probably have the files necessary to restore but don't know which files!
Or is there another way to recreate the group "admin" and then assign the users (only two out of 6) back into it?
HELP HELP

Dick,
There are certainly methods of recreating the admin group in your current Netinfo Database, but I am of the opinion that it is usually simpler to just delete the Netinfo Database and re-create whatever accounts you currently have.
Provided you know the exact order in which your existing accounts were created, this is easy to do. Follow these instructions:
* Perform steps 1, 2, 4, and 5 in section III of this kbase article, making sure that you follow the instructions at the top of the article for correctly mounting your startup disk as read/write in single-user mode (step #1). Perform only the steps I have listed.
* When you perform step #5, you will restart into the "Setup Assistant." Use the Setup Assistant to create a new "initial" admin account using the exact same username and user short name as the original "initial" admin account. You might be required to enter complete contact information for registration with Apple, but you may skip "Connecting to the Internet," "Sending Registration to Apple," etc. Skipping these steps will leave an alias for registering in your HOME folder, but this alias can be safely deleted once you are logged in (you are, after all, already registered with Apple). You may also use your current Apple ID to have all of this information filled in for you, but this requires that your machine be able to connect to the internet.
* Once logged into your admin account, use System Preferences>Accounts to recreate any "secondary" accounts, again using the exact same username and user short name as the original accounts. Recreate these accounts in the exact order that they were created originally. In each case, you will be told that there is an existing HOME folder with the same short name, and that this HOME folder will be used for this new account. This is what you want.
If you have questions about using this method for recovering from your current dilemma, just ask.
Scott

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