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On Thursday 06 September 2007, Robert Walter wrote: |
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> hi |
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> i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert |
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> vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group |
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> but when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added to |
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> the new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without |
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> logout/login? |
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> i thought there was a command but i can't remember nor find one :( |
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> best regards. robert |
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You have to either |
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a) log out and log in, or |
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b) start a new *login* session with 'su - <username>', or |
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c) source your profile in *each* open shell |
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this works because your config settings are re-read from scratch each |
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time. Opening an xterm doesn't work as it does not start a new login |
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shell - you are alredy logged in, so when the shell starts in the |
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terminal it starts as a non-login shell |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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