Why can't I create a file in a directory where I have group write access?

Question

There's a situation I don't quite understand. I have this directory, where the group 'webadmin' has rwx rights :

$ ls -la
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 root webadmin 4096 Aug 27 12:17 .
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I am in the group webadmin :

$ groups eino
eino : eino sudo webadmin

however, I can't create any file in the directory :

$ touch test.txt
touch: cannot touch 'test.txt': Permission denied

How come? Shouldn't the rwx permissions give me right to do it?

refer to this [post](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/29545/group-member-cannot-write-even-with-write-permission) — gwillie, Aug 27 '15 at 12:10
Yes indeed, as Lekensteyn's response showed, the group addition is not applied during the current session. Thanks! — Eino Gourdin, Aug 27 '15 at 13:24

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '15 at 12:25

14

Log out and log back in. You probably added the group during your current session.

answered Aug 27 '15 at 12:25

Jakob Lenfers

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