Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > On 8/7/07, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Closing and opening a gnome-terminal does not log the user in...the >> terminal is part of the user's existing session. > > But the gnome application to manage users and groups do it well... no > login is required for it. > I don't think you understood Rik's answer. The changes you make using the gnome application do NOT affect the currently logged in users. They only see the changes after they log out, and log back in again. One way to think of it is that /etc/groups is a config file that is only read when the user logs in. If you change the file after he is logged in, he does not see the change, because he has already looked at the config file. The next time he logs in, he will read the file again, and see the changes. Another way to look at it is that when a user logs in, they make a local copy of their portion of the groups file. You are changing the master copy, but the logged in users are still working off their local copy. So they do not see the changes you just made in the master copy. (Not entirely accurate, but close enough...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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