From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 418 invoked from network); 12 Dec 1996 10:41:45 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Dec 1996 10:41:45 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA01256; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:30:08 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 05:16:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199612121017.LAA09533@sgi.ifh.de> To: David Chamont , zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (Zsh users list) Subject: Re: newgrp In-reply-to: "David Chamont"'s message of "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:59:53 MET." <32AFD799.7407@polhp3.in2p3.fr> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:17:26 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"CO-km.0.iH.Dkzho"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/549 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu > Wether with the above function, or with the alias proposed in the FAQ, > I always finally receive the message "zsh: newgrp not found", > since there is no newgrp command available. aha --- most systems have an external command newgrp available which seems to be missing there. zsh does have some mechanism for changing the group by altering $GID, but the way it's set up it's only usable by the superuser, as far as I can tell. This seems to be a fatal flaw --- anybody else any suggestions? (P.S.: note new spelling of Deutsches and Elektronen. Sorry.) -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +49 33762 77366 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77413 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.