[gentoo-user] gpasswd

[gentoo-user] gpasswd

[Robert Walter]

hi
i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert vboxusers".
when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group but when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to the new group.
how do i make the changes take effekt without logout/login?
i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(
best regards. robert
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Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd

[Alex Schuster]

Robert Walter writes:

> i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
> vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group but
> when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to the new
> group. how do i make the changes take effekt without logout/login?
> i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(

I don't know of such a command, but at least "ssh localhost" allows to login 
without logout.

	Alex

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Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd

[Dan Farrell]

On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:36:36 +0200
Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> wrote:

> Robert Walter writes:
> 
> > i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
> > vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group
> > but when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added
> > to the new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without
> > logout/login? i thought there was a command but i can't remember
> > nor find one :(  
> 
> I don't know of such a command, but at least "ssh localhost" allows
> to login without logout.
> 
> 	Alex
> 
existing programs will not load the new groups; for example, your
window manager that starts the xterm.  i think `source /etc/profile`
might do it but not sure.  
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Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd

[Neil Bothwick]

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Hello Robert Walter,

> i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
> vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group but
> when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to the
> new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without logout/login?
> i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(

newgro vboxusers, but it only applies to the current shell (and anything
launched from it). To have all applications see the change, you need to
log into your desktop again.


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Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd [solved]

[Robert Walter]

nice :) that worked
$ newgrp vboxusers
$ newgrp users (to change gid back to users)
thank you all!

On Thursday 06 September 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> Hello Robert Walter,
> 
> > i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
> > vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group but
> > when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to the
> > new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without logout/login?
> > i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(
> 
> newgro vboxusers, but it only applies to the current shell (and anything
> launched from it). To have all applications see the change, you need to
> log into your desktop again.
> 
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 06 September 2007, Robert Walter wrote:
> hi
> i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
> vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group
> but when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to
> the new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without
> logout/login?
> i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(
> best regards. robert

You have to either

a) log out and log in, or
b) start a new *login* session with 'su - <username>', or
c) source your profile in *each* open shell

this works because your config settings are re-read from scratch each 
time. Opening an xterm doesn't work as it does not start a new login 
shell - you are alredy logged in, so when the shell starts in the 
terminal it starts as a non-login shell

alan 

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