I figured that and tried my task before and after logout / login with that account and it still didn't work; rebooted the box and then I could do it with that user. On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 03:42:40AM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > As far as I know, if you add a user to /etc/group, all you need to do is have the user log out, and back in in order for groups to reflect the changes. > Greg > > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:32:49AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > Quick security question: I added a user to the adm group in my > > /etc/group file today but couldn't get the contents to be reflected > > until I rebooted the system. Is there a way to "reload" the contents > > of /etc/group without a reboot? > > > > I'm running Slackwarre 8.1 with a 2.4.19 kernel. I didn't see > > anything obvious in the man page for group. > > -- > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
