Hi Seeker, >> Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME. >> Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program >> (wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but >> after a reboot it did work, wireshark was able to see the interfaces. >> >>[...] >> I know that in a Windows environment the group membership is added to >> the user token at login. Changes in group membership have no effect >> untill the user logs in again. >> > If you know enough to know that about Windows, I don't know why you would > assume there was a problem or that you did something wrong in Linux. > > It's not a problem, it's by design. > > Mysteriously the first things that come up for me on google don't mention > it....
Which is what I ran into as well. I do not remember what I used as search keys(s) but my first 4-5 hits did not provide an answer, which is why I asked. Thanks for your pointers as well. Bonno Bloksma
