On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:10:48 +0000 Bonno Bloksma <b.blok...@tio.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME. > Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program > (wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but after a > reboot it did work, wireshark was able to see the interfaces. > > So probably group membership is not determined at runtime but maybe at login > or some other moment. Where can I find more info about this? > Is this a problem specific to a desktop environment of can I run into this > with a straight CLI setup as well? > > I know that in a Windows environment the group membership is added to the > user token at login. Changes in group membership have no effect untill the > user logs in again. IIUC, Linux works the same way, although there are workarounds: http://superuser.com/questions/272061/reload-a-linux-users-group-assignments-without-logging-out https://arkaitzj.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/linux-add-user-to-a-group-without-logout/ > Bonno Bloksma Celejar
