I'm not sure that is true:
my setup:

→ ls -l /usr/ | grep local
drwxrwxr-x    20 root  admin    680 12 Sep 15:14 local

this works:
maibaumm:/Users/maibaumm
→ touch /usr/local/blah


I'm reasonably sure that OS X does use admin as it's primary 'Admin' group.
This isn't a perfect check as  I'm at work and I've got lots of AD derived
groups complicating things...

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:01 AM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 06 Sep 2014, at 15:03 , Doug Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The issue I need help with is the fact that I cannot write to a
> directory that is writable by the admin group, even though I'm a member of
> the admin group. Or more generally, I cannot write to any directory owned
> by a user that isn't me, with group write permissions OTHER than my
> personal group, which is listed first in the output of both 'id' and
> 'groups’.
>
> Your permissions do not match the permissions I see on my Macs. The group
> OS X uses for admin users is “wheel” not admin.
>
> Something is different on your setup, and that difference is probably the
> source of your problems.
>
> It’s impossible to diagnose your problem remotely.
>
> Create a new admin user in the GUI and see what happens there.
>
> --
> The way I see it, the longer I put it off, the better it'll end up
> being. Heck, school doesn't start for another 43 minutes.
>
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