Secondary groups missing?

[Alex]

Hi,

I've added my user to multiple groups in /etc/group, but running "id" only
shows the primary group.

$ id
uid=1003(alex) gid=1003(alex) groups=1003(alex)

This user belongs to a number of other groups.
$ grep ^alex /etc/group
alex:x:1003:group1,group2

I remember many years ago having to modify /etc/nsswitch.conf to allow the
user to join multiple groups, but I don't recall what those changes are, or
if that's even the proper way anymore. Ideas?

Of course I've logged out and logged in again

[Samuel Sieb]

On 6/28/22 17:14, Alex wrote:
> I've added my user to multiple groups in /etc/group, but running "id" 
> only shows the primary group.
>
> $ id
> uid=1003(alex) gid=1003(alex) groups=1003(alex)
>
> This user belongs to a number of other groups.
> $ grep ^alex /etc/group
> alex:x:1003:group1,group2

You're doing that wrong.  You just added non-existent users to your 
"alex" group.  You should probably use the "usermod" command instead of 
directly editing the file.

usermod -a -G group1 alex

[Alex]

Hi,
> This user belongs to a number of other groups.
> > $ grep ^alex /etc/group
> > alex:x:1003:group1,group2
>
> You're doing that wrong.  You just added non-existent users to your
> "alex" group.  You should probably use the "usermod" command instead of
> directly editing the file.
>
> usermod -a -G group1 alex

Yes, thank you - got it backwards in my old age.