The newgrp command
Robert Nichols
rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net
Thu Aug 25 13:28:49 UTC 2005
Vidol Loeung wrote:
> Thanks. It's kind of short. However, it seems clear from this link
> (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_04.html) that a user can
> use newgrp command successfully only if the new group (s)he would like to
> switch to is already a secondary group for the user.
That's true for switching without needing a password. If the group does
have a password, a user who is _not_ a member of that group should be
able to switch to that group by supplying the password. It works fine
for me in FC-3. Perhaps it's an SELinux issue. I have SELinux disabled
on my system. Check your logs for AVC messages.
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