Barry Mathieu wrote:
> I'm a bit of a newbie, so thanks for pointing this information out to
> me. I am a bit confused though, it seems 'newgrp' is to used to, "change
> the group ID during a login session."
login session != running process
newgrp runs a new copy of your shell, just as if you had
Ethan,
I'm a bit of a newbie, so thanks for pointing this information out to
me. I am a bit confused though, it seems 'newgrp' is to used to, "change
the group ID during a login session." The ID is the number associated
with the group. For example, in my /etc/group file, the following line,
cdro
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 12:21:15AM -0500, Barry Mathieu wrote:
> Try issuing the command, 'update-passwd' as root. Seems to work for me
> for updating group status without logging-in & out.
thats really interesting since update-passwd has absolutely nothing
whatsoever to do with the group member
Thanks! That's a _much_ better way to do it :-)
Barry Mathieu wrote:
Try issuing the command, 'update-passwd' as root. Seems to work for me
for updating group status without logging-in & out.
Barry
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:59:20PM -0600, DvB ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I decided to take
Try issuing the command, 'update-passwd' as root. Seems to work for me
for updating group status without logging-in & out.
Barry
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:59:20PM -0600, DvB ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I decided to take the more elegant approach to getting sound working
> than making /dev/dsp
DvB wrote:
>
> I decided to take the more elegant approach to getting sound working
> than making /dev/dsp world writeable so I added my user to the audio
> group. This however didn't seem to work.
> I decided to worry about it later and recompiled my kernel with scsi
> support so I could use my C
I decided to take the more elegant approach to getting sound working
than making /dev/dsp world writeable so I added my user to the audio
group. This however didn't seem to work.
I decided to worry about it later and recompiled my kernel with scsi
support so I could use my CD-R. When I rebooted
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