On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 08:59:45AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Actually, the newgrp command is often helpful here. About .003% of > > linux users seem to use it. > > Since it operates by creating a new shell, if you want anything > started from your X menus to have the group, you still have to log > out and log in. And you'd have to run newgrp in every terminal you > start. Which is why only about 0.003% of Linux users use it.
That's a good point. However, when you're testing 'xmms' or something after adding yourself to a group, newgrp is a lot faster than logging out and logging back in. You're approaching this from an X-centric POV, which is probably appropriate for this list. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
