Dominic Iadicicco <diadicic at optonline.net> wrote: >I don't think I was really going to get an answer for this anyway but, I >figured it out. After making my change I logged out and back in again >and it worked. I think I get it but if someone could explain it to me >that would be nice. > >Thanks > > > > >Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I think my file permission are completely screwed up? I created a >> file called text file called test as root user and have done chgrp on >> that file to a group called admin. I have added the users ozzie and >> root to that group. I then did a chmod g+wr on the test file and >> ozzie can still not write to the file. If I take away read access >> from the group, ozzie can still read the file. The group permissions >> have no effect what so ever. If you add or take away permissions from >> the other permissions, that will effect the test file. What did I do >> wrong? Could someone please point me in the right direction? In very simple terms, if you add someone to a group, until they re-authenticate, i.e. logout & login again, the new permissions will not be seen by said user. ~T