RE: group membership activation
Hi Seeker,
>> Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME.
>> Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program
>> (wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but
>> after a reboot it did work, wireshark was able to see the interfaces.
>>
>>[...]
>> I know that in a Windows environment the group membership is added to
>> the user token at login. Changes in group membership have no effect
>> untill the user logs in again.
>>
> If you know enough to know that about Windows, I don't know why you would assume there was a problem or that you did something wrong in Linux.
>
> It's not a problem, it's by design.
>
> Mysteriously the first things that come up for me on google don't mention it....
Which is what I ran into as well. I do not remember what I used as search keys(s) but my first 4-5 hits did not provide an answer, which is why I asked.
Thanks for your pointers as well.
Bonno Bloksma
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