This seems to be ok but these:
$ groups michael adm
$ id uid=500(michael) gid=500(michael) groups=4(adm), 500(michael)
Say otherwise.
Might sound stupid but... did you make sure to logoff and back in with your user?
Regards
Ok. I did not know I needed to log back off and on. OK. I'll try that although I can't do it now due to a currently running process. I'm actually accessing the machine through VNC. Could this be part of the issue as well? The session needs to be closed and re-opened before the new groups will take effect? Thanks,Michael