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?

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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