* Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-09 14:34]: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 04:53:12PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > > At 04:42 PM 3/8/2004, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > > >What do you get if you run the "id" command? Try logging out and back > > >in. Group memberships are checked at login time, so if you were added > > >to the www group recently, your current shell may not know about it. > > > > Would rehash fix that or do you have to log back in? > > No -- rehash only applies to tcsh(1)'s lookup cache of all of the > executables found on $PATH.
And so please excuse my erroneous response. > > It's kind of strange but true how you could be logged onto the same account > > on two different ttys or ssh sessions and have different sets of gids or > > commands available to you. <just thinking out loud> > > Yes, quite. Your login credentials are established when you login to > the system and only then -- that's when the limits of what you're > authorized to do are set, which includes amongst other things which > groups you're a member of. So you have to log out and back in again > to pick up any changes to /etc/master.passwd or /etc/group. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK Joshua _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
