On 17 March 2016 at 14:50, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:21:20 +0100 Sjoerd Mullender <sjo...@acm.org> wrote: > >> On 17/03/16 03:28, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I have been trying to install Cyanogenmod on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus using >> > Fedora 23. According to the documentation available at >> > http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_maguro I have to use adb and >> > fastboot which are available on fedora under android-tools. So, all of it >> > is downloaded without a hitch, but I can not get adb or fastboot to >> > "work". Reading on, I have tried the workarounds proposed, to no avail. It >> > appears that I need to add my username to a group plugdev but there is no >> > group by that name. I tried using >> > >> > sudo groupadd plugdev >> > >> > and that did add the group. Next, I tried: >> > >> > sudo gpasswd -a username plugdev >> > >> > as per http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/UDEV >> > >> > with my username in place but still: >> > >> > $ groups >> > username wheel >> > >> > However, system-config-users indicates that the group plugdev is checked. >> > >> > Needless to say, I have come to a halt. Is there any workaround (or even a >> > better approach using Fedora) for this task? >> > >> > Many thanks and best wishes, >> >> Logout and back in. Groups are initialized on login. > > Thanks! Btw, this next question is more general: is there any other option > other than logout and log back in to initialize groups? (I really do not > always want to logout and log back in.) >
They're picked up at login. For your desktop environment that counts as when you log in to the desktop. Your console windows will generally be set to not start as a login shell, so they get whatever groups you had when you started the desktop. It can be changed within a login window by starting a new login, either by running "login" or "su - USERNAMEHERE", or you can alter your terminal program settings to start new windows as a new login. http://superuser.com/questions/272061/reload-a-linux-users-group-assignments-without-logging-out seems to suggest it might be possible without doing a login, but none of those suggestions look very reliable (maybe newgrp if it works). -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
