01-04-2010
Hi.
exec seems to make matters worse.
Try putting the call to newgrp in your $HOME/.login script. .login only gets executed once at login.
If you need to run newgrp with the - (or -l) flag then your idea of a temporary file might be better
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NAME
sg - execute command as different group ID
SYNOPSIS
sg [-] [group [-c ] command]
DESCRIPTION
The sg command works similar to newgrp but accepts a command. The command will be executed with the /bin/sh shell. With most shells you may
run sg from, you need to enclose multi-word commands in quotes. Another difference between newgrp and sg is that some shells treat newgrp
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CONFIGURATION
The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool:
SYSLOG_SG_ENAB (boolean)
Enable "syslog" logging of sg activity.
FILES
/etc/passwd
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/etc/shadow
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/etc/group
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/etc/gshadow
Secure group account information.
SEE ALSO
id(1), login(1), newgrp(1), su(1), gpasswd(1), group(5), gshadow(5).
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