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Linux Group Permissions not being enforced correctly.

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Mar 15, 202620785 views

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I am running Ubuntu 10.04 server and am having some very counter-intuitive experiences with users/groups. For example: The last line produces a permissions error. I have ensured that my user is part of the 'test' group ( confirms this). The group of test_file is also definitely set to 'test' and th…

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sudo touch test_file                    # create empty file

sudo groupadd test                      # create 'test' group

sudo chown root:test test…

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When adding a user to a new group, that won't be applied in any currently-running processes, only new ones. You need to log out and then log back in.

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