Re: [gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-13 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Bummer! Thanks, guys. Tony Dan LaMotte wrote: > You can do > > % newgrp > > and the shell that it is executed in will then show the change. > > % groups > > will prove that you are in the group currently. > > But in order for new terminals that you spawn from an X session to have > the new

Re: [gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-13 Thread Dan LaMotte
You can do % newgrp and the shell that it is executed in will then show the change. % groups will prove that you are in the group currently. But in order for new terminals that you spawn from an X session to have the new group you must log out and log back in. That is correct. # - dan lamot

Re: [gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-13 Thread Zac Slade
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 12:57, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > Maybe I'm not doing something right. From KDE's konsole, I invoked a > new shell with "bash -l" and then ran "id" but it did not reflect the > new group. No you did nothing wrong. I double checked it and it's as I feared. You have to lo

Re: [gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-11 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Zac Slade wrote: > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 01:34, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > >>I sometimes have to add my user to a group. This of course doesn't take >>effect until I log out and back in. However, if I'm under X, I can't >>logout without first exiting X. >> >>So, I'm wondering if there is any

Re: [gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-11 Thread Zac Slade
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 01:34, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > I sometimes have to add my user to a group. This of course doesn't take > effect until I log out and back in. However, if I'm under X, I can't > logout without first exiting X. > > So, I'm wondering if there is any way to re-log the user

[gentoo-user] User group problem

2006-04-10 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I sometimes have to add my user to a group. This of course doesn't take effect until I log out and back in. However, if I'm under X, I can't logout without first exiting X. So, I'm wondering if there is any way to re-log the user without exiting X? Tony -- Those who would give up essential Lib