Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:50:35 -0800 From: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: groups and login shells Message-ID: <4D17806B.40706@telting.org>
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Just spent some time figuring this out. I needed to create a group and add myself to it. But after I added myself to the group while I could "id username" my username and get the correct groups if I did a base "id" or "groups" the new group wouldn't show up. Not could I access a directory restricted to the group. Turns out I needed to invoke a new login shell from an existing command prompt or essentially shut everything down and relogin a the console. So I just reboot. But owning to many years of resentment dealing with Microsoft platform I highly resent reboots. Does anyone know if it's possible to update groups in memory? Thanks, Chris
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