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Re: [PLUG] simple linux admin question (i hope)
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On 01/07, Keith Bentrup wrote:
> 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?
I would guess you just need to log out and log back in. I believe group
membership stuff doesn't get updated till you do that.
Assuming your username is "username" and your new group name is "newgroup":
groupadd newgroup
usermod -G newgroup username
^ should do the same thing. These commands aren't debian specific are they ?
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