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I use ubuntu 18.04. I created a new group:

sudo groupadd group_1

Next I added myself to the group:

sudo usermod -aG group_1 $USER

After logging out and logging in it appears as if I am not a member of the group:

johan@johan-VirtualBox:~$ groups
johan adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare vboxsf

I have to run su - $USER for the group to show:

johan@johan-VirtualBox:~$ su - $USER
johan@johan-VirtualBox:~$ groups
johan adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare docker vboxsf group_1

What is wrong?

Organic Marble
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Johan hvn
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In a case of the currently logged-in user being added to a newly created group, a reboot of the OS might be needed for the groups command to show the new group.

Zheng
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Johan:

Try with newgrp command:

johan@johan-VirtualBox:~$ newgrp group_1

With this command you can log in to a new group without reload session:

$ -> whatis newgrp
newgrp (1)           - log in to a new group

I hope I have been helpful.

Adrian
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