Quoting Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Pann McCuaig wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote: > > > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > > > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > > > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the [...] > > > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and > > > shut down vmware and NT-on-vmware) and shut down > > > X, etc, then log back in and fire everything back > > > up in order to get the change to take affect. Is > > > there any way I can get the change to take affect > > > without logging out/logging back in? > > > > I don't know of a way. It _might_ be sufficient to open an xterm or rxvt > > or whatever with the -ls option after the change, and then run your > > dialout app from that shell, but I dunno. I don't use X much meself, so > > logging out and then back in is a 5 second process. :-) > > Yeah; I've had several suggestions, but so far none of them have panned out > (even your suggestion of opening an "xterm -ls"). I reckon I'll just have > to log out/log back in. (Actually, for now, I've just Alt-F2'd and started > a new session, and then started a new X session on the next display -- I'm > in the dialout group on the second X session, so I can just Alt-Ctrl-Fx > back and forth between the two X sessions until I get around to shutting > down session #1.) Thanks anyway!
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