[gentoo-user] usermod broken?

[gentoo-user] usermod broken?

[Jorge Almeida]

I decided to create a one-user group, as used to be the default with
RedHat. So, I issued
	root $ groupadd jorge
Then:
	root $ usermod -g jorge jorge
(I want this to be my default group.)
/etc/passwd reflects the changes:
	jorge $ cat /etc/passwd|grep jorge
	jorge:x:1000:409::/home/jorge:/bin/bash
(409 is the number of the new group)
However:
	jorge $ cat /etc/group|grep jorge
	wheel:x:10:root,jorge
	audio:x:18:jorge
	video:x:27:root,jorge
	users:x:100:games,jorge
	portage:x:250:portage,jorge
And:
	jorge $ groups
	wheel audio video users portage

	jorge $ id
	uid=1000(jorge) gid=100(users)
	groups=10(wheel),18(audio),27(video),100(users),250(portage)

I edited /etc/group with vigr to add user jorge to group jorge. Still,
id and groups give outdated output...

Wasn't usermod supposed to deal with this?
I env-update'd (as root) and sourced /etc/profile (as jorge), for good
measure.

(When I login to a vt, the new group is recognized as the default group,
so I'm guessing the "id" and "groups" issue has to do with the login or
no login shell matter, something I never really understood; but what
about the need to edit /etc/group?)
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Jorge Almeida
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[gentoo-user] Re: usermod broken?

[Tim Kruse]

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* On 02.11.2005 Jorge Almeida wrote:

> I edited /etc/group with vigr to add user jorge to group jorge. Still,
> id and groups give outdated output...

 The changes do not affect existing sessions. You have to relogin
first.

 So long,
tkr

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