How to load user/group changes without reboot?

[Headmaster]

Hi,

It seems if I change a user's group(s) membership in Linux, I have to reboot the server before the changes take effect. Is their any way to get around this? I can delete the user, then add them again, but that seems drastic...

Thanks!

 

[danielhozac]

Your user has to logout and then log back in if you are already logged in when making the changes.

//Daniel

 

[Headmaster]

What if the user isn't logged in at the time...

 

[danielhozac]

Then it should work right away. What distro are you using and how are you testing this?

//Daniel

 

[Headmaster]

We're using SuSE PRO 8.1, everything as shipped. I first noticed this when my initial group needed to be changed from root to users. When I did this, logged out and back in, the files I edited were still stamped scottm:root. After I rebooted, they were stamped as needed.

We're using Samba, if it makes a difference...

Thanks Daniel!
Scott

 

[danielhozac]

That is really weird. I don't know how SuSE works as I have never used it, but I tested this in RedHat 8.0 and it worked fine.

//Daniel