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Created September 27, 2015 17:30
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Take assigning to group without relogin
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assignToGroup.sh
#!/bin/bash
# it can not be executed as script because newgrp starting a new shell
# src: http://superuser.com/questions/272061/reload-a-linux-users-group-assignments-without-logging-out/345051#345051
newGrpName=<grpName>
currentGrpId=`id -g`
exec newgrp $newGrpName
exec newgrp #$currentGrpId
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