Unix and workgroup manager in 10.4 & 10.5

Question

hey folks:
since we don't have an OD master, we're running workgroup manager (WGM) locally on about 40 macs to manage access to certain system pref panes. we also prevented opening of WGM on each machine except from the root account.
i'm looking for an elegant way to use the command line to UNDO this work and push that solution via ARD. right now i've tried running these lines of code:
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/*
sudo rm -dr /Library/Managed\ Preferences
sudo dscl . -delete /Config/mcx_cache
and this works, but only temporarily. while it immediately allows access to ALL system preference panes, if the machine is restarted, WGM re-asserts itself and the managed prefs are, once again, put into play.
i want to avoid going to each machine, logging in as root, launching WGM and unselecting the choice i made some years back to manage the system pref panes.
any thoughts?

Answer 1

Here is how I got mine to work, I figured ill share since it was driving me crazy...
open workgroup manager
Click "cancel" on the login window (with the grayed connect)
from the menu click on "server -> view directories"
workgroup will load in "not authenticated" mode
click on the lock symbol on the far right
enter your diradmin or admin user name and password
This seemed to do the trick for me, hope you have the same luck I did.
Now I want to know why it stopped working in the first place