solarflow99 wrote:

>is this actually a requirement, or does adding their groups from the console
>give them the extra GID access?

If your question is, “is newgrp on Linux required to use the permissions of the added group?”

The answer depends on your O/S and your file system and mount point ACL settings, but on my Red Hat E4 system with ext3, I don’t need to newgrp.

Ken Marsh

ANS System Administration Lead

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