Bug#859189: /lib/systemd/systemd-logind: Unix group changes ignored by gdm/lightdm until logind is restarted

[Michael Biebl]

Am 31.03.2017 um 12:19 schrieb Nathan Dorfman:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 232-19
> Severity: important
> File: /lib/systemd/systemd-logind
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> On a fresh stretch install, adding myself to a new Unix group has no
> effect on lightdm and gdm3 logins until systemd-logind is restarted
> (via systemctl). No amount of logging out and back in, or restarting
> the DM itself, is effective. 
> 
> I simply use the following commands:
> 
> sudo groupadd testgroup
> sudo groupmod -aG testgroup $USER
> 
> Subsequent graphical logins don't put me in the new group (it doesn't
> appear in the output of groups(1) or id(1)). Virtual terminals,
> login(1) and su(1) all work fine, though.

Are you using gnome-terminal?
What if you use xterm?



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