xubuntu-users-admin

[mark.a.brand]

hi:

i am confused about something.

what i did:
* added a user and group called lighttpd through xubuntu-users-admin
(hereafter called xua)
* added a user mrelectron to the lighttpd group thru xua

expectation:
* mrelectron as a member of the lighttpd group will have the same access to
directories and files as the lighttpd group.

checking:
* anytime i go into xua i can see mrelectron as a group member of lighttpd.

but:
* if i try and access a directory owned by group-lighttpd i get a permission
denied error.

troubleshooting:
* running "groups" (whoami returns mrelectron) returns:
"mrelectron adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin scanner
admin"
.............i would have expected a group lighttpd

* running "groups mrelectron" (whoami returns mrelectron) returns:
"mrelectron : mrelectron adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev
lpadmin scanner admin lighttpd"
..............this has the group lighttpd.

so my questions are:
1. why i am having a permission denied error.
2. why do you get two different outputs from the groups and groups username
command

cheers
mark
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