Can you use the 'adduser' program? I don't remember having to reboot after adding a user. I've never tried to use it doing exactly what you would be using it for though. hth, kent
----- Original Message ----- From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: How to add a user to a group on the fly > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and > shut down vmware and NT-on-vmware) and shut down > X, etc, then log back in and fire everything back > up in order to get the change to take affect. Is > there any way I can get the change to take affect > without logging out/logging back in? > > Thanks! > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
