Hello all, Re-sending due to incorrect mapping of linefeeds from hotmail. I'm having an issue with group permissions. I have created a group called smbusers which I have added myself to, with the following commands: # groupadd smbusers # usermod -G smbusers michael I then create a directory called foodir, owned by adm with group smbusers. Permissions are correct (770) but I cannot access the directory. When I change permissions to 777, I can access. Below is output from various commands, run as user michael: $ groups michael michael: michael, smbusers $ groups michael adm $ id uid=500(michael) gid=500(michael) groups=4(adm), 500(michael) The /etc/group file shows I'm in the smbusers group but does not show I'm in the adm group (although I believed I added myself to the adm group when I installed CentOS). Clearly, I don't know what I'm doing and I'm confused. Can anybody guide me to where I need to go? Thanks, Michael