Re: [Sheflug] ink levels

[Adam Funk <A.Funk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 07 December 2008, David Smith wrote:

> > I've installed mtink, But it says I need to become a member of, group
> > lp..how do I do this please?

> (You may need to log out and in again for it to take effect, I can
> never remember that part).
>
> This can also be done from the command line and I'm sure someone else
> can post how to do it (as I always have to look it up, when I want to
> do it).

# adduser david lp
or
$ sudo adduser david lp

>From man adduser: "If called with two non-option arguments, adduser will 
add an existing user to an existing group."

If you open a new xterm, you will have the new group access in it (the id 
command will confirm this).  If you want to run a GUI application with 
the new group's privileges, you either have to run it from a new xterm or 
log out and back in.

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