users and groups help

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 09/24/2011 09:53 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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>> No, chmod 770 is equivalent to chmod u=rwx,go=0.
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> That's incorrect, chmod 770 is ug=rwx, o=0.  However, a user has to log out
> and in for changes in group membership to take effect.


Apologies, I mixed up chmod 770 with 700. However why the user has to log out?



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