Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In an effort to run ppp as non root, I had to include my normal user > id in the group 'dip' by directly editing /etc/group using > vi. However, on saving and exiting /etc/group, I still could *not* > access files owned by user root and available to users in group dip > whilst using my normal uid. Just as I was about to give up, I > decided to exit the shell and log in once again... Is the file > /etc/group cached somewhere and updated only so often?
Sort of; your group list is attached to your login session. 'groups' will list which groups you're currently a member of, along with your primary group. > How can the changes be forced to take effect immediately without > exiting and logging in again? If you run 'newgrp dip', and you're nominally a member of that group, you'll get a new shell with dip as your primary group, and I think that will re-read the group list as a side effect. It won't affect the containing shell, or things like your X session, though. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]