Multi-user is disabled!

Hi,
I did something foolish by locking myself out of the system. Currently, I am only able to login as a single-user. Whenever I start the system, I am not able to login utilizing any of the user id's. I have tried serveral things including resetting the passwords using nicl command but that didn't help. I have also deleted the appleSetupDone file and went through the setup process, but again, withouth success.
I am guessing my problem has nothing to do with passwords and everything to do with multi-user permissions to certain system files/folders. I can't recall, but this issue maybe prompted by unchecking the multi-user access in the WorkGroup managment console.
I would apreciate any help on this matter as currently my system is down. This is a standalone server running Mac OS Server 10.4.8.
Nawaf
Mini 1MB Mac OS X (10.4.8) Server Edition

Roger:
Thanks, that sure helped!
I first had to manage my services from the "single-user" command line--fsck -fy, mount -uw /, sh /etc/rc, and serveradmin--to allow remote access through WGM. Only then I was able to reset the access rights to users, and thus, regained local control of my server.
Regards,
Nawaf

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