On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 14:08, Ian Melnick wrote: > I want certain users to be able to switch into different groups. So I > did a usermod -g/-G on them and checked the group file to make sure it > did it right (and it looks like it did). So then I try out the sg and > newgrp commands. Problem is, these groups don't have passwords. In the > group file, the password field is an 'x', and in the group shadow file > it's a '*'. But when I just press return at the switch group password > prompt, it doesn't accept it.
I had a similar issue when trying to debug a script that was trying to perform a newgrp to the user's primary group. It turned out the user needed the group listed in his/her additional groups as well. For example, do: usermod -g foo -G foo,bar,baz example rather than: usermod -g foo -G bar,baz example Hope this helps -- Michael Wardle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Adacel Technologies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
