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I am trying to add user123 to group group123. I used the command usermod -a -G group123 user123. When I change to that user it is apart of the correct groups. When I open the terminal and run $users it shows I am user123 however when I run groups it shows I am not apart of group123. I need to run $sudo su user123 to have the correct groups. How can I make it that when I open the terminal I dont have to switch to user123.

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Group membership is applied at login time, from the /etc/group file.

To make use of the new group, logout/login, or, for testing, read man newgrp.

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