linux: refreshing groups without having to re-login

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00:00 Linux: Refreshing Groups Without Having To Re-Login
00:15 Accepted Answer Score 19
00:38 Answer 2 Score 10
00:50 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 19

possible in shell (I don't think it is for gui)

try newgrp groupname

I wrote more info on this on my blog a while back. according to that this will also change the default group of the shell. you can use sg to Switch your default Group

ANSWER 2

Score 10

su - username will do it for the shell (and subproccesses) that su opens up, but for everything else you'll need to relog.