Very strange: can not enable root.

One of my old G4 behaves very strange, unless everything is running very well, I can't log in as root.
Also after enabling root in NetInfo manager, I can't login as root, neither as user nor using SSH.
I resetted the Pasword using the Install-DVD. But still no effect.
Finally i deleted the root account using NetInfoManager and deleted the root home dirctory /private/var/root.
So I was able to activate root in NIM again, restarted the local NetInfo-Domain and again: nothing.
It is complete impossible to log into this machine as root. But I have to.
Making a complete new install on this mac will cost me at least one day, so this is not an option.
Workin since ever with lots of macs, I never faced such a strange thing. Please help!

Should the features and access you require not work in 10.4.11, you may have to
consider installing a new system folder and update that; if the issue really is one
of some unusual happening and the superuser or root user is inaccessible.
Are you sure you really need root user access? There are other ways to do stuff.
You appear to have already tried the basic steps to gain root level access:
"Enabling the Root User" - an Apple Help 10.4 support document:
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1549.html
This thread really does show more than one way to handle the issue...
"How do I enable root user? - 10.5.x"
{includes a 'command line editor" discussion - and other detailed options}
- http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1910434&tstart=0
There may also be some helpful access to command line and other
super user or unix baseline methods in the OnyX utility from Titanium
Software, the free-running user interface utility. I've seen this section
in there but have no need presently to experiment with it.
In any event, see if the second link above is helpful; it may be.
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