On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 7:38 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/7/20 6:07 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:53 AM ToddAndMargo via users >>> Try it with vi and a colon. >> >> I used "vi" in the form of "vigr" (the group equivalent of "vipw"). >> >> A colon?! That means that you're adding a fifth field. > > Exactly. > >>> Also, it would help if you showed me your line in /etc/groups >> >> I don't see why but here goes >> >> $ getent group todd >> todd:x:1001:th >> $ getent group root >> root:x:0:@todd >> $ id >> uid=1000(th) gid=1000(th) groups=1000(th),10(wheel),1001(todd) >> $ > > To test what he's doing, you would need to have: > root:x:0::@todd This is what I set up yesterday. I've just tried the 5th column that you're suggesting. "id th" doesn't list "0(root)". > I tested it with libvirt and it didn't work. > Since my user is in the wheel group, I changed the libvirt group to: > libvirt:x:978::@wheel > > "id" doesn't show it and "virt-manager" asked for my password. > > One thing to remember is that if you change the group or passwd file, > you need to start a new session to pick up the changes. As root, if I > change the group file, "id user" will immediately show the changes. But > any existing sessions for that user will still have the old settings and > running "id" as the user there will show that. You need to do "su - > user" to start a new session with the new group settings. ACK. Thanks. In my case, I'd halted the VM so the output above reflects accurately the state of affairs. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
