[plug] Unix file permission problem (I think)

[Bernd Felsche]

Steve Boak <sboak at westnet.com.au> writes:
>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:25 pm, Cameron Patrick wrote:
>> Steve Boak wrote:
>> > I am trying to create a directory 'Linux' on a basically empty
>> > partition mounted on '/var/share/download', logged in as normal
>> > user 'steve'.

>> How recently did you add yourself to the group?  If you haven't
>> logged out and back in (note that e.g. restarting your xterm is
>> not enough, you need to re-authenticate) then you might not have
>> the relevant group access.

>> You can quickly check by seeing that `id` and `id steve` give the
>> same set of groups.

>Thanks Cameron - 'id' and 'id steve' do indeed give different results, with 
>'id' not having the 'share' group. Logged out of KDE and back in, and the 
>problem is solved! 

>As you suggest, I had created the 'share' group in this session. Can you 
>explain why starting a new xterm does not pick up the new group settings?

Permissions are inherited from the parent process.

If you'd ssh'd into localhost, it would have worked for you.

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