On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 22:01, riveravaldez via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, not sure if this is the right place to ask this, let me know if it's not. > > Maybe this is normal, but couldn't clarify it by reading the Arch Wiki [1]: > > [user@arch ~]$ whoami > user > [user@arch ~]$ groups > sys lp wheel ftp uucp log rfkill http games audio users user > [user@arch ~]$ groups user > sys lp wheel ftp uucp log rfkill http games audio users realtime user > > Why different outputs? > Is it normal and with no issues? > Should I do something? > > Thanks a lot! > > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_groups#Group_management Did you just add yourself to that group? Groups are usually applied when you log in, so you need to log out and back in. My assumption is that `groups user` goes and looks up the groups in passwd for that user. While `groups` uses what's applied to your currently login session.