Re: changes to /etc/group ?
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:43, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 12:20:26AM +0100, Dave Selby wrote:
> > When I change /etc/group is there a way of updating the system so the
> > changes are acknowledged without re-booting?
>
> /etc/group is checked when the user logs in. To gain access to
> newly-added groups, just log out and back in. No need to reboot.
Yeah, but what a pain when you've got a bunch of different programs
running in windows, multiple URLs loaded, etc, etc.
There should be a way to dynamically refresh the "group cache".
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