On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:05 PM ToddAndMargo via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On 2020-07-07 12:25, Tom H wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 7:38 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
>>
>> One thing to remember is that if you change the group or passwd
>> file, you need to start a new session to pick up the changes. As
>> root, if I change the group file, "id user" will immediately show
>> the changes. But any existing sessions for that user will still
>> have the old settings and running "id" as the user there will show
>> that. You need to do "su - user" to start a new session with the
>> new group settings.
>
> ACK. Thanks.
>
> In my case, I'd halted the VM so the output above reflects
> accurately the state of affairs.
Did it work?
Of course not.
If libvirt or polkit can understand nested groups in "/etc/group",
within a fourth or fifth column, it's its own, unique, freaky feature.