[PLUG] simple linux admin question (i hope)

[Keith Bentrup <kbentru1@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

Hi all,
        Ok, so I thought is was kosher to simply add a new group by 
editing the /etc/group file, but I seem to be having problems.  I created 
and then added myself to a new group. Then I granted group write permission 
to a directory but was unable to write to that directory.  Any thoughts?

More puzzling behavior:

As root, I type:

sudo -u myusername groups

and the new group appears along with myusername!

As myusername, I type

groups

and get only myusername.

Why does it do this?  How is sudo -u different from being myself?  I'm 
using RedHat 7.2 if that helps. I know that I'm probably missing something 
simple, but I'm stumped.

Thanks,
Keith


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Keith H. Bentrup
Lucid Tech Solutions
P.O. Box 135
Wallingford, PA 19086
Tel/Fax (484) 444-0788
http://www.lucidtechsolutions.com
help@lucidtechsolutions.com


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