Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-08 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote: > > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the > > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and > > shut down vmware

Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread David Wright
Quoting Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Pann McCuaig wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote: > > > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > > > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > > > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the [...] > > > dialout lin

Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread Kent West
Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote: > > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the > > # adduser westk dialout > > is much easier. :-> > Oh sure; now you t

Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 17:31, Kent West wrote: > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the # adduser westk dialout is much easier. :-> > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and >

Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 05:31:35PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and > shut down vmware and NT-on-vmware) an

Re: How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread ktb
: Monday, March 06, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: How to add a user to a group on the fly > If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the > dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the > /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the > dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and &g

How to add a user to a group on the fly

2000-03-07 Thread Kent West
If I want to add my normal user (westk) to the dialout group, I know I can (as root) edit the /etc/group file and add westk to the end of the dialout line. However, I then have to log out (and shut down vmware and NT-on-vmware) and shut down X, etc, then log back in and fire everything back up in o