Admin account suddenly changing to a standard one

Dear All,

I am having the following problem on Panther: I was trying to change the
root password by typing su at the terminal's prompt. I then read an
article online saying that you could achieve it by opening up NetInfo
Manager, then selecting users and editing the root's user password with
the password of a user you already know what it is (as you would be
copying asterisks as NetInfo shows hashed passwords). I did that (su kept
not working) and I changed the short name of one of my other accounts
(with admin privileges, the only one having them). Now, when I rebooted
the system I could login but the account whose short name I changed - the
account with the admin privileges - is no longer recognised as an admin
one, but as a standard one. When I try to change the short name back, it
will tell I have no rights to update the /Users/newshortname copy.

Is there anything I can do to make it an admin account again (apologies if
it sounds confusing, I tried to give every detail possible)?

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks in advance.

George
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