Re: SOLVED: permissions on a mounted windows fat32 drive
Op zo 12-01-2003, om 12:49 schreef ajlewis2@intac.com:
> In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> > Op zo 12-01-2003, om 03:25 schreef Benedict Verheyen:
>
> >> When i do groups benedict as benedict, it doesn't show me as member of
> >> the group windows. When i issue the same command as root, it shows that
> >> i'm member of the group windows.
> >> Why is there this difference?
> >> The group file shows me correctly that i'm member of the group.
> >
> > After a reboot it worked. So it was the groups thingy that prevented
> > me from accessing the drive. I have no clue however to why i had to
> > reboot to get the groups command reflect the correct situation.
>
> Most likely, you just needed to log off and then log back in as benedict.
> When you make a change in something like this it does not take effect for a
> currently logged in user. You have to log out and log in to get the
> environment or whatever it's called.
>
> --
> Anita
> GnuPG key: 1024D/9EDAC910
I thought there might have been a simpler way than rebooting :)
Thanks
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