The newgrp command

[Ben Stringer]

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 12:17 +0700, Vidol Loeung wrote:
> Dear All:
> 
> The newgrp command seems simple to use. However, I could not use it or I did
> not know how to use it.
> 
> Could someone please explain me what teh problem is? I was logged in as an
> ordinary user and type the command:
> $ newgrp users
> It asked me for the group password and I entered it but it said: "Permission
> denied".

Hi Vidol, 

You will need to be the root user to run this command.

Try this:

$ su -
# newgrp users

Cheers, Ben

> 
> Regards,
> Vidol
>