Reload A Linux Users Group Assignments Without Logging Out

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When assigning a user’s secondary group list using:

# usermod -G <grouplist> <user>

is it possible to force this group assignment to take effect without logging out all running sessions?

source: https://superuser.com/questions/272061/reload-a-linux-users-group-assignments-without-logging-out#354475

exec su -l $USER

or

su - $USER

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