Hello managers,
i asked:
> we have DU-3.2C and NIS.
>
> Now when i add an existent user to another existing group,
> that user has to logout completely from her/his session and login
> again to be accepted as a member of that group.
>
> Is that normal? Do i miss something? Why does that group does not
> show up in a new (d)xterm, which runs through the login-procedure?
The short summary is: Yes, this is normal behaviour...
The longer version:
When a new (d)xterm is started (with login-procedure), nevertheless
only the user-specific .login/.profile/.what_ever_the_shell_executes
will be executed and only the session-login (login(1) executes the
program (initgroup?) that sets the appropriate UID/GID-values etc.
There is a command 'newgrp', which i was told should do what i wanted
to be done, but it doesn't. First (for me) it starts a new shell,
which wastes another process, then it *replaces* the 'default'-group
with the given new one and 'forgets' completely about the old one...
(which definitely is not what i want...) Fritz Grimmer told me, that
for him it works in a different way. ???
My thanks to:
"Anthony D'Atri" <aad_at_nwnet.net>
"Gernot M. Fuchs" <gfuchs_at_golay.med.unc.edu>
Fritz Grimmer <grimmer_at_iwb.mw.tu-muenchen.de>
Hellebo Knut <Knut.Hellebo_at_nho.hydro.com>
Harry Mantakos <harry_at_trusted.com>
Richard Rogers <ittrmr_at_staffs.ac.uk>
bjw_at_anpnt22.anp.ansto.gov.au (WHITTAKER, Bruce J)
With regards,
Bernt Christandl
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Received on Fri Jun 28 1996 - 11:46:52 NZST