No Administrator Access

I am the administrator of my machine and have my user + one more created, however for some reason I do not have administrator access. The secondary user does not have administrator access either.
When I log into the System Preferences / Accounts, the "Allow user to administer this computer" option is not available. The padlock shows as locked and when I select it a pop-up appears asking for the name and password of the administrator. I know that the password is correct and have tried entering multiple combinations of the user name but nothing works
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

only managed to get the 'Invalid Path' message even when trying the alternative commandIt isn't an alternative.
So, the first nicl command gives you "Invalid Path"? That usually means there is no "groups" category, or "admin" group, in the NetInfo database. The purpose of the 2nd and 3rd nicl commands is to create that entry, so that you then repeat the first command. What did it say to the 2nd and 3rd commands?
If it really messed up, we may need to start you up again with a default NetInfo database. Don't worry, it's not too difficult. But first, run the following commands using Terminal, not in Single User, and copy/paste the output here.
Open the Terminal (from /Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, one line at a time, with a return after each line:
nireport . /users uid gid name realname home | awk '$1>500 {print $0}'
nireport . /groups name gid users | egrep "admin|staff"
ls -ln /UsersThis will allow me to help you get your NetInfo database back in shape.

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