Package: login Version: 1:4.1.5.1-1 Severity: normal Under GNOME DE, I can not change the current group ID with "newgrp"
Neither gid= nor groups= are updated by newgrp. Only login updates groups=... This is not what I expected from the manpage. I think it used to work. This may be a new feature under some DE (with PAM) ,... then we need to update manpage of newgrp with some reminder. (I was reminded of this for my previous sbuild wiki page update by Reuben Thomas) Here is a simple test case using the ntp group: $ sudo adduser osamu ntp Adding user `osamu' to group `ntp' ... Adding user osamu to group ntp Done. $ grep ntp /etc/group ntp:x:140:osamu $ newgrp - osamu@goofy:~$ id uid=1000(osamu) gid=1000(osamu) groups=1000(osamu),7(lp),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),108(bluetooth),109(lpadmin),111(netdev),116(fuse),129(sbuild),144(wireshark),999(bumblebee),9999(buildd-ddp) osamu@goofy:~$ logout $ newgrp $ id uid=1000(osamu) gid=1000(osamu) groups=1000(osamu),7(lp),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),108(bluetooth),109(lpadmin),111(netdev),116(fuse),129(sbuild),144(wireshark),999(bumblebee),9999(buildd-ddp) osamu@goofy:~$ sudo login goofy login: osamu Password: Last login: Sun Dec 8 09:43:40 JST 2013 on pts/1 Linux goofy 3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) x86_64 ... (skip) osamu@goofy:~$ id uid=1000(osamu) gid=1000(osamu) groups=1000(osamu),7(lp),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),108(bluetooth),109(lpadmin),111(netdev),116(fuse),129(sbuild),140(ntp),144(wireshark),999(bumblebee),9999(buildd-ddp) -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages login depends on: ii libc6 2.17-97 ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-10 ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-10 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-10 login recommends no packages. login suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
