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From: Robert Walter <ro-wa@×××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd [solved]
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:26:41
Message-Id: 200709061812.41414.ro-wa@gmx.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gpasswd by Neil Bothwick
1 nice :) that worked
2 $ newgrp vboxusers
3 $ newgrp users (to change gid back to users)
4 thank you all!
5
6 On Thursday 06 September 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote:
7 > Hello Robert Walter,
8 >
9 > > i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert
10 > > vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group but
11 > > when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to the
12 > > new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without logout/login?
13 > > i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :(
14 >
15 > newgro vboxusers, but it only applies to the current shell (and anything
16 > launched from it). To have all applications see the change, you need to
17 > log into your desktop again.
18 >
19 >
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