'kmosx: I lost my admin user' Not working Unix Guru required!

Hi,
My Dual G5 decided (by itself) that I was no longer qualified to administer it and has removed the admin privileges from my account demoting me to a standard user.
I tried Michael's 'kmosx: I lost my admin user' guide but am getting a Unix error after trying the 'nicl -raw /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb -create /groups/admin gid 80' command.
The error is 'create: invalid path'
I've successfully repaired the disk using the fsck - fy command and have no errors. I've also have write privileges on the disk.
Basically if there is a Unix guru that could assist it would be most appreciated.
Cheers

Ok, thanks for the support so far. I've ran the nidump -r /groups / command and it just hung there doing nothing. I had to ctrl+c to stop it. The same thing for the users.
I had a look in the local.nidb directory and I have a range of 'Store.xxxx' files with various dates. Would it be possible to revert back to a previous netinfo db? I'm assuming that these files are previous versions. The most recent is yesterdays Store.672 when I noticed the problem.
Also, in single user mode is it possible to create a new user with admin privileges? I could then use that user to change my login to admin and then remove the newly created user. Or does it have to have a record in the netinfo db?
If I remove the .AppleSetupDone file and re-run the setup program what will I lose? Will this overwrite any personal files (I have 30Gb of photos and databases that although backed up would I can still access through the standard user)?
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Revised to incorporate Niel's corrections:
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