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



On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 16:55:25 -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> Don't you need to use "newgrp" to change the current running group
> membership of existing sessions?

That doesn't change a *session*.  It just creates a single shell with
the updated permissions.

Your window manager, your systemd --user services, your dbus services,
your existing terminals and shells (other than that *one*), your web
browser, etc. will all continue running with the old permissions.


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