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Old 05-23-2012, 10:56 AM   #1
carlosinfl
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User Permissions Issue


For some reason I added my user account 'carlos' to the group 'vboxusers' and it shows it worked but when I verify with the following command, I don't see it listed...

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carlos@ghost:~$ sudo gpasswd -a carlos vboxusers
Adding user carlos to group vboxusers

carlos@ghost:~$ groups
users adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare
Now when I go into my /etc/passwd file, I look for the line entry for 'vboxusers' group and I see...

Code:
carlos@ghost:~$ cat /etc/group | grep vboxusers
vboxusers:x:126:carlos
So I'm just confused...why does the 'group' command not show carlos is an additional [-G] member of 'vboxusers'?
 
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