** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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Title:
Adding the user to a new group doesn't take effect on logout and back
in
By "running process" I mean any process.
But you're right; I misread "doesn't take effect on logout" as "doesn't
take effect until logout".
One should indeed reasonably expect group changes to apply after the
next login.
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Daniel, what do you mean by "running process"? The steps involve login
out and back in, so starting a new session, group changes should be
active on a new login no?
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => gdm3 (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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As far back as I remember this has been the case...
I think it's an OS feature that the currently running process does not
inherit the new group list from /etc/group. It's only when the process
starts that the group list is read.
I'm not sure this is a bug, but it's really about the state of the
