[kde-linux] Konqueror has outdated information about group membership

[AndyLiebman at aol.com]

Hi, 
 
Here's my problem. I have an application that creates Linux groups and adds  
users to them. But applications like Konqueror and Nautilus are not aware that 
 the user has been added to the group until the entire KDE session is 
restarted.  Users are denied access to directories that they SHOULD be able to 
access. 
 
In contrast, if the same user connects to the same system by ssh (thus  
starting a new session) he/she CAN access the group's resources -- because the  new 
ssh session "knows" that the user is a member of the group. 
 
In Mandrake 10 (KDE 3.2) I also used to be able to make an icon on the  
desktop that would run: 
 
su  john --login  command="nautilus". John would be prompted for  a password, 
and when he gave his correct password, a NEW Nautilus  window would open that 
KNEW john was permitted access to any directory that was  owned by any group 
of which he was a member, even if that group had just been  created. 
 
So for example,  let's say an administrator with "group creation  authority" 
created a new group called "writers" and new directory called  "essays" that 
was owned by "theboss" and the new group called  "writers".  Let's also say 
that "writers" group had write permission on the  "essays" directory, and that 
john was made a member of "writers". 
 
If john just opened up Konqueror on his desktop, john would NOT be  permitted 
write access to the "essays" directory because THAT instance of  Konqueror 
wouldn't know that john had been added to the writers group. 
 
But by starting a new Konsole session under the name of john and launching  
Konqueror from there, john WOULD be able to have write access to the "essays"  
directory. 
 
Unfortunately, in Mandrake 10.2 (KDE 3.3), this trick no longer works. I'm  
wondering if there is a way to get this trick to work again? 
 
Andy Liebman