add user to group fuse, usermod doesnt work?

[jcress410]

cant use sshfs without permissions on /dev/fuse

tried with sudo

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fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied
jcress@debian:~$ groups
jcress cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner
jcress@debian:~$ sudo usermod -a -G fuse jcress
jcress@debian:~$ groups
jcress cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner

tried as root

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jcress@debian:~$ groups
jcress cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner
jcress@debian:~$ su
Password: 
root@debian:/home/jcress# usermod -G fuse -a jcress
root@debian:/home/jcress# exit
exit
jcress@debian:~$ groups
jcress cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner
jcress@debian:~$ 

[aspnair]

That group may not be present for the current shell session.
Just do the following.
grep <username> /etc/groups
to see the list of groups in which the user has been added.
To take effect, you may have to logout and login again. Or it would take effect after the next reboot.

[aicardi]

What I do as root is

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#adduser <username> <group>

example:

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#adduser aicardi fuse

Log out and back in. Check it by

$groups

You should now see that you are in the fuse group.