ScreenSaver prevents me from logging in, never get login prompt

My Mac Pro, Leopard 10.5.2 installed wouldn't let me login today. It was in screensaver mode, and wouldn't come out of it,
When I hit a key or moved the mouse to get the login prompt, the screensaver paused as if the login prompt was going to appear, but then the screensaver kicked back in.
I could SSH into the machine and run commands, but killing ScreenSave or Finder or anything else I could think of wouldn't fix the problem.
Finally I just had to issue the rude "reboot" command.
Any ideas what happened here, or more importantly how I might avoid having to reboot to get back in in the future?

This seems to be related to the preference pane for accounts, which will no longer let me make modifications as an adminstrator to any other accounts or login information. The little lock to authenticate just says "authenticating...." then goes back to being locked.
Probably should post a new topic, but any ideas?

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