Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:57:58 -0800 (PST) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Solved] Do permissions take time to take effect? Message-ID: <225765.44422.qm@web65505.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20091118152153.GB89004@dan.emsphone.com>
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--- On Wed, 11/18/09, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote:
> In the last episode (Nov 17), James
> Phillips said:
> > I wanted to create a shared directory writable by all
> users. When it
> > initially failed, I assumed there may be a blanket ban
> on writing to
> > directories owned by root. Today, I was able to
> write to the root-owned
> > "Share" directory. However, when I re-created
> the directory owned by a
> > special-purpose "Share" user, I ran into the same
> problem again.
<SNIP!>
>
> You are probably in the "users" group. Running either
> the "groups" or "id"
> command will say for sure.
Yes, I was using the "cd" and "pwd" combination as a poor replacement.
It is possible to re-assign the "home" directory.
$ groups
james Share
$ id
uid=1001(james) gid=1001(james) groups=1001(james),1003(Share)
(I have since deleted the "users" group: it is a Debian thing, and I had NIS set up to NOT export the membership information)
<SNIP!>
>
> If you are currently either the "james" or "backup" user,
> and added the
> Share group membership on another tty, then you may need to
> log out and back
> in for the system to assign your new group membership to
> your session.
> Filesystem permissions take effect immediately, but group
> memberships are
> assigned once, at login.
This here was the problem. I was not logging out after the changes. However, I am in the habit of logging out at the end of the day. As a result, I would get the updated permissions when I log in the next day.
Thank-you for your help,
James Phillips
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