On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:36:36 +0200 Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Walter writes: > > > i've added myself to the vboxusers group with "gpasswd -a robert > > vboxusers". when i do a "id robert" with root i see the added group > > but when i start a new xterm with user robert i'm still not added > > to the new group. how do i make the changes take effekt without > > logout/login? i thought there was a command but i can't remember > > nor find one :( > > I don't know of such a command, but at least "ssh localhost" allows > to login without logout. > > Alex > existing programs will not load the new groups; for example, your window manager that starts the xterm. i think `source /etc/profile` might do it but not sure. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
