Re: add user to a group and logout/login to apply
On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 12:30:39 -0500
Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 05:51:47PM +0200, 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?
> >
>
> Yes, I think that is not true. If you logout and login (assuming that
> this is the modified user) that works.
>
For a simple DE, just cat /etc/group will check that a group add
command worked. The next login will make use of the group membership.
If any of the big DEs muck around with this system, it would seem to be
a backward step. There are extremely few reasons for a properly
designed Linux installation to need rebooting. Certainly group
membership on a server may need alteration with employees joining and
leaving, and this would be an extremely trivial reason to need to reboot
one.
--
Joe
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