Very odd Admin name change problem

I just got a new MacBook Pro and when I set it up I mistakenly left the user name as my whole name. All my other computers are set to mattb.
So, I used NetInfo manager to go in as root and change all the names over to mattb and it works fine except, mattb is set up as an admin account, but when installing software or updates and it ask to authenticate, it won't allow mattb to work. I'll typically just use root, but that's not what I really want to do.
My guess is that somewhere there is a file that holds the admin names inside it that are allowed (like a sudo config) to do so.
Any ideas? I'll keep exploring, as this is not a major issue, but it would be nice to fix it.

Update: Ok, that didn't take me too long to figure out. Sorry to waste time.
I needed to change the group memberships as well in the NetInfo Manager. Several of the groups had the full name in there still.

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