Re: The newgrp command

From: Vidol Loeung (fedora.kh_at_undp.org)
Date: 08/23/05

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    Thank you Ben and Richard for yoru replies.

    Well, Ben you are right, root can switch to any group without having to give
    a password. I also discovered the same as what Richard said. However, in
    case an ordinary user is not a member of a particular group and she/he tries
    to use the newgrp command to switch to that group with correct password, it
    always gave the error message: Permission denied.

    Read a lot of docs on it but still could not help.

    Regards,
    Vidol

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Richard England" <rengland@europa.com>
    To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:06 PM
    Subject: Re: The newgrp command

    >
    > Ben Stringer wrote:
    >
    > >On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 12:17 +0700, Vidol Loeung wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >>Dear All:
    > >>
    > >>The newgrp command seems simple to use. However, I could not use it or I
    did
    > >>not know how to use it.
    > >>
    > >>Could someone please explain me what teh problem is? I was logged in as
    an
    > >>ordinary user and type the command:
    > >>$ newgrp users
    > >>It asked me for the group password and I entered it but it said:
    "Permission
    > >>denied".
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >Hi Vidol,
    > >
    > >You will need to be the root user to run this command.
    > >
    > >Try this:
    > >
    > >$ su -
    > ># newgrp users
    > >
    > >Cheers, Ben
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >>Regards,
    > >>Vidol
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>
    > I don't believe that is strictly true. If the userid is included in
    > several groups, all the user has to do is type in "newgrp <newgrpname>".
    > However, if the user is NOT member of the group, then they are prompted
    > for the group password.
    >
    > Use the command "id" to find out what your primary group currently is,
    > and the command "groups" to find out what groups your userid is
    > currently a member of.
    >
    > --R
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