On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 12:30:39 -0500 Henning Follmann <hfollm...@itcfollmann.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 05:51:47PM +0200, Vasyl Vavrychuk wrote: > > Debian reference > > (https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_permissions_for_groups_of_users_group) > > says one of the option to apply change of group user configuration > > is > > > Logout via GUI menu and login. > > > > It is not marked as "Best option" such as > > > > > Cold reboot and login. (Best option) > > > > but per my understanding, it does not mean that it does not work. > > > > On the other hand, I've checked that with Debian 12 and GNOME it is > > not enough to logout and login to see that a user is added to a > > group. > > > > Any comments? > > > > Yes, I think that is not true. If you logout and login (assuming that > this is the modified user) that works. > For a simple DE, just cat /etc/group will check that a group add command worked. The next login will make use of the group membership. If any of the big DEs muck around with this system, it would seem to be a backward step. There are extremely few reasons for a properly designed Linux installation to need rebooting. Certainly group membership on a server may need alteration with employees joining and leaving, and this would be an extremely trivial reason to need to reboot one. -- Joe
