RE: HELP !!! ACCIDENTALLY REMOVED "EVERYONE" FROM MACINTOSH HD USER LIST

Last night, I looked at "Get Info" for the "Macintosh HD"
At the very bottom of the window are listed Permissions, that consisted of (1) Owner, (2) Admin, (3)Everyone.
I had the idea that if I REMOVED "Everyone" by selecting it and hitting "-", I could better secure access to the "Macintosh HD".
Well, now the G5 starts its boot up routine and stalls at the gray screen with pinwheel spinning.
1. I tried purging the P-RAM... no change.
2. I tried doing a "Safe Boot", didn't do anything, couldn't get it to boot up beyond gray screen. Used COMMAND SHIFTV saw boot routine, but stalled at the foollowing line which repeats over and over:
"Jun 13 14:03:58 NJ-Computer com.apple launchd{1} (com.apple.mDNSRespnder {1991):postix_spawnp("/usr?sbin/mDNSResponder",...):No such file or directory"
3. Booted up from Leopard CD, and ran "Verify Disk" with the result message that "the volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK"
4. Ran "Repair Disk" with the result message that "the volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK"
5. Tried to run "Verify Permissions" with the result message "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit. Permission verification complete"
6. Tried to run "Repair Permissions" with the result message "Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit. Permission verification complete"
I assume that my stupidly removing "Everyone" from the permissions list of "Macintosh HD" is the cause.
HELP !!!! IS there an easy way to restore the Permissions to where they were before ????
PLEASE HELP.
THANKS !!!!

HELP . . .
i am having the same problem only i deleted "Administrator". I tired almost everything the original poster did and nothing is helping.
i am in the process of a safe boot but nothing seems to be happening
i tired Kiraly's suggestion to no avail. after i type in the commands do i restart? cause that's what i did and it did not work. I have a macbook (a white one), is the command different for a macbook?
Please help if you can!
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