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Re: add user to a group and logout/login to apply



On Feb 02, 2025, Vasyl Vavrychuk wrote:
> Debian reference
> (https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_permissions_for_groups_of_users_group)
> says one of the option to apply change of group user configuration is
> 
> > Logout via GUI menu and login.
> 
> It is not marked as "Best option" such as
> 
> > Cold reboot and login. (Best option)
> 
> but per my understanding, it does not mean that it does not work.
> 
> On the other hand, I've checked that with Debian 12 and GNOME it is
> not enough to logout and login to see that a user is added to a group.
> 
> Any comments?

Logout/login used to be sufficient for essentially everything.  Changes
to DEs and login managers have made it less viable nowadays.

Though it seems that if you don't have a login manager / DE launching at
startup, logout/login seems to still work.

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