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Re: "activating" changes to /etc/group



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 logged in
again.

-- 
see shy jo



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