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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ To create the `docker` group and add your user:
You can also run the following command to activate the changes to groups:

```console
$ newgrp docker
$ sudo -u $USER bash

@devendrakushwah80 devendrakushwah80 Jun 19, 2026

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Thanks for fixing the newgrp dependency problem. Is sudo -u $USER bash known to refresh group membership like newgrp docker does, uniformly across distributions? Maybe it's worth clarifying this for users following the post-installation steps.

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4. Verify that you can run `docker` commands without `sudo`.
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