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Camus

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Registered: 2011-07-03

Posts: 71

Why doesn't 'groups' list all the groups I'm in

When I create a new group and add myself to that group as superuser, command 'groups' doesn't list that group among others. It lists just those that I've been initially in (when creating my user via 'adduser'). Example:

# groupadd [group]
# gpasswd -a [user] [group] /OR/ usermod -G [group] [user]
# exit
$ groups

The group and only this group is visible if I do this (besides uid, gid and groups values):

# id [user]

guelfi

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From: /home/guelfi

Registered: 2011-07-01

Posts: 111

Re: Why doesn't 'groups' list all the groups I'm in

AFAIR, you have to logout and login again for group changes to have an effect. Have you tried this yet?

Camus

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Registered: 2011-07-03

Posts: 71

Re: Why doesn't 'groups' list all the groups I'm in

Oops. Thanks for the help!

perbh

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From: Republic of Texas

Registered: 2005-03-04

Posts: 765

Re: Why doesn't 'groups' list all the groups I'm in

and ...
using the usermod-command, you need the -a option, ie

usermod -a -G {group} {user}

Otherwise you will only have the given {group} in addition to your default group.

Mr.Elendig

#archlinux@freenode channel op

From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,092

Re: Why doesn't 'groups' list all the groups I'm in

There is also newgrp if you don't want to/can not log out/in

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