Re: changes to /etc/group ?

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

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.

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