Login users locked out of hard drive

Performed machine updates, now users logging in do not have access permission to the applications folder or the Library folder in the hard drive. Users can get to their documents, but have no access to applications. The Info screen indicates that the permission level for everyone is Read Only when logged into machine as Admin. Ran Repair Disk Permissions utility with no success.
Following two warnings appear in repair disk permission
Warning SUID File "System/LIbrary/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/OwnerGroupTool" has been modified and will not be repaired
Warning SUID File "User/bin/lppasswd" has been modified and will not be repaired
any suggestions???

the messages in disk utility are harmless and should be ignored. they have nothing to do with your problem. what kind of update are you talking about?
I suspect the group on /Applications and /Library may have changed from admin to wheel. to confirm that run the following terminal command.
ls -ladeO /Applications /Library
post the results.

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