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I've come into something strange.

I just added a user to the www-data group, the user appears in both /etc/group and /etc/group-, however when I use the groups or id commands the group isn't listed; and the user can't chgrp a file into www-data.

What could be the problem? I'm using a Debian testing machine, never had this kind of problem.

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Group membership is only processed on login. You can either:

  • re-login to pick up the new group
  • use newgrp www-data to run a new shell with gid set to www-data
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Thanks a lot; I was closing and opening a new terminal, I though that was enough. – fox196 Jan 28 '10 at 21:30
Nope, the new terminal is just inheriting the uid/gids from what started it (probably your window manager) – MikeyB Jan 28 '10 at 22:03
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