[beef]

now, the easiest way is obviously using NetInfo...

I dunno why you're stuck in single user mode. If you're stuck at "starting Directory Service" then you can wait about... dunno how long.... 10 mins? and it'll eventually give up.

if you insist on doing it from single user mode...well, I haven't done this before, so I'm not sure, but I think the command will be

niutil -destroy . /machines/whatever

you can first do

niutil -list . /machines
to see if the entries you made are there.

but I'm no expert in this, I suggest you check "niutil" command and it's options...and maybe wait for someone with more knowledge to respond.

now, I dunno what you did, but if you made entries for machines on your LAN, don't put "./local" under "serves". I've heard alot of people have just copied the "localhost" and changed the ip and the name for it. I think the correct entry would be "../network"

well, I'm just guessing. good luck anyway...