[sudo-users] Sudo and Group Changes
Todd C. Miller
Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Dec 8 12:40:28 EST 2009
This is not a problem with sudo. When a user logs in their group
ids are set based on the passwd and group databases. These are
stored in the kernel as part of the process's u (user) area. Changing
the group file after the fact does not revoke the group for running
processes, it will only change the mapping of group id to group
name.
- todd
More information about the sudo-users
mailing list