On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 10:15:33AM +0000, dalton.c.russell wrote: > hi all, > not sure if this is a bug or not so asking here. > > I’ve add my standard user account to the wheel group with usermod and > tried to su to root but I get an error along the lines of > > “Sorry you’re not in the wheel group”
IIRC it doesn't take effect in the same session, you need to log off and then back on. > I double checked with id and it does show that my user is in the wheel > group but if i look at /etc/groups it isn’t listed next to wheel. > > is usermod supposed to modify /etc/groups? id will only show changes after logging off and back on (see above), but changes to /etc/group happen immediately, after using usermod (see Crystal Kolipe's reply). I have no idea why you seem to have this the other way round (wheel on id but not on /etc/groups). > Dalton --
