Questions tagged [accounts]

Questions that relate to an area (or home directory), in which a user can store files pertaining exclusively to that user's activities, which is protected from access by other users. Related questions includes public profile issues, authentication to system services and the ability to be granted authorization to access accounts.

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Why does Ubuntu include accounts for packages that aren't installed?

Why does Ubuntu include accounts for packages that aren't installed (such as gnats, irc,...)? Seems the accounts should be created as needed when the packages are installed, not sitting there in the ...
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How to add new user in ubuntu core in sudoer file? [duplicate]

I'm having issue adding a new user to ubuntu core. I use sudo adduser --extrausers USERNAME and successfully created a user but I cannot run any sudo command using that account. $ sudo mkdir [...
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Ubuntu only creates guest account during install

I have installed Ubuntu and the login screen only displays a guest account to use. How can I get my account that I setup when installing Ubuntu to show up as an option at the login screen ? I am ...
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Is it possible for ubuntu to change user itself

I was streaming data from Twitter and let my laptop open at night. In the morning, i saw that Ubuntu is open with Guest user not my user account. I wondered how can it be. Is it possible for ubuntu to ...
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Why was I locked out of Xubuntu machine after an xrdp session from windows?

Recently, I tried the method in Can I access Ubuntu from Windows remotely to connect from a Windows 10 laptop to an xfce session on a workstation running Xubuntu. After logging off that machine, ...
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What are the default user accounts created by Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Knowing this would be very helpful for detecting suspicious user accounts as early as possible.
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I can't access into my Ubuntu account 14.04

For disgrace I have asked advice in "chiedi Ubuntu" forum - the Italian version of ask Ubuntu - and for following their advice, I can't get anymore in my Ubuntu account due to internal errors of the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Online Accounts

I am new in Ubuntu, and try to setup my Facebook account on my desktop in order to online chat/messaging via my FB account, but when I click on Facebook on System Settings>Online Accounts it gives ...
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zApDtG guest account?

I'm using ubuntu 13.10 Where did guest account zApDtG with root privileges come from? I can't gather much information, as this guest account has root privileges and being a brand new user, I don't. ...
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How do I format an usb to ext4 to use it on Ubuntu without without sudo permisions? [duplicate]

I use Ubuntu in a machine I own and in a machine I only have standard user permissions ( not admin). Is there any way to format a usb to ext4 and make it work (file ownership problems) if I cannot run ...
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how do i gain acceess to a drive that owned by deleted user on ubuntu 11.10?

I did some trial on command line and creating a user account from it, then I logged off and logging to that newly created account (let us call it newaccount). Then I mounted one of my drive (I named ...
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How can I give my account admin powers again? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can i give Admin permissions to my account? When I installed Ubuntu I used a password and "admin" type account. But accidentally I changed it's type to "standard". So I ...
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Ubuntu Root user [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to know my root password? Hi folks, I have been getting hands on Ubuntu and really liking it. Though someone of the terms really confuse me. One such confusion is: "Just ...
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I forgot my root password [duplicate]

How can I reset my password without knowing my password? I tried changing my password to a longer and harder password to crack and I wrote it down in a word file but now I lost the file and I can't ...
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How to restrict total time usage for an account [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I set computer usage time limits? I've looked at a number of other threads but most of them talk about how to restrict the time of day an account can log in... What I'...
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How can I remove online accounts in Ubuntu 17.04?

I want to remove Facebook and Google from online accounts. How can I do this in Ubuntu 17.04? Other posts refer to much older Ubuntu releases. System Settings no longer has a delete button.
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Help with Users in Linux

I need to separate the privileges of two users. One must be able to manage certain folders while the other should manage the rest. My problem is that the root user has all the privileges and could eg ...
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Can't login to my main administrator account?

After recovering from the warning failed to connect to lvmetad error I released when I tried to login to the first account I ever created was not logging in I typed in the right password it says the ...
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How to select which account is logged in at system startup, or none?

I'm helping out some friends with a tiny hospitality business where one desktop computer has some files used by the business in one account "hotel" but it's mostly used by guests for browsing the web ...
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How to create a disabled account?

How do I create a disabled account? for example when trying to login as nobody, root@miniubuntu1804:/home/hans/projects/evaler/src# su nobody This account is currently not available. how do I ...
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User Account credentials, and how to change Ubuntu-Budgie

I am running into a situation where I need to change the terminal 'user' in Ubuntu-Budgie, but I am not seeing how this can be accomplished yet, mainly because I am not sure of the 'name' I need to ...
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Delete libvirt qemu account from login screen

I uninstalled libvirt qemu but still it's showing in lock/switch accounts , How i delete from this.?
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Migrating only selected accounts to new machine

I am working on upgrading the hardware used for our mail/ftp server from an old 32 bit platform to a much newer 64 bit platform. Both are running Ubuntu 16.04.03. Getting all of the appropriate ...
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Should I use a different user other than the first one that is created during the install in Lubuntu 16.04?

Is the first user you create, when you enter your information during the install, an admin or some kind of privileged user? If not, is there a hidden "admin" account similar to root but with less ...
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Dropbox can't be started

I can't startup Dropbox and reinstalling Dropbox won't work either. It states it could be a permission issue on startup. The generated error log states this: bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 12.4.22 ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade froze

While doing the upgrade to 16.04 it basically stopped halfway. Left the PC for over 12 hours to make certain but the status bar did not move. Did a hard stop and tried a reboot. Now it is asking ...
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Optimizing Ubuntu 14.04 as a WiFi Host

I've got an old laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on it. I've got it connected to my roommate's Xbox 360 with an Ethernet cable, so the Xbox can share its Wi-Fi connection. This works well. After I edited ...
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Login automatically after PC goes to sleep

My user account's state is this: However, when my laptop falls asleep, it prompts me for a password when I awaken it up (by moving the mouse for example). How to avoid that?
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import thunderbird account from file

Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to rephrase this entry to highlight the solution in case anyone else searches and ends up here. I had to re-install all my data from a saved backup. I use ...
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How do I enable/disable guest account in Trusty 14.04.1

Only my user is shown on greeter, guest is not, my wife is not. This is a system I reinstalled from 12.04-i386 to 14.04-amd64, reformating all but /home. Even a user created from Trusty won't show on ...
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Merging Accounts

I noticed that there are a few seperate ubuntu accounts like one and software center. I'm not sure if there is another one for singing into this, but will they ever merge all of the accounts?
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Why does clicking 'Shutdown' from Menu only log me off? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: “Shutdown” or “Restart” logs out Whenever I click 'Shutdown' from the menu it just logs me off. I have no accounts (Exept from Guest, but I keep it logged off) logged on, but ...
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User settings are back to fresh installation

I was trying to set Plex and found this instructions to allow Plex user to access certain folders https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-plex-media-server-on-ubuntu-linux/#Configure-Media-Files-Folders-...
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Installing MariaDB with different account

I would like to install MariaDB on Ubuntu with a different account. What I see ? If I simple apt install mariadb-server it deploys MariaDB with mysql user and mysql group. I tried first to reconfigure ...
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What is this "Account Update" progress bar?

This pop up appeared for me just now. I hit esc and it disappeared but it was super puzzling. How would I even know what that was? It just said "Account Update" and "Account update in ...
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SSSD: Why do I have to use my previous windows password when I login to the server?

I have to change password every third (?) month and I can’t login with the one I currently use in windows but instead the one that I had before this one. [sssd] domains = (HIDDEN).local ...
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Ruined my ~/.local and .config/ Tips for restoring?

I messed up both my .config/ and .local/ directories*. I had no idea these were so important! Tried restoring from backup but just got a useless error message about it doing being able to perform ...
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login and guest session

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. I have an issue where I can't log in to the guest session, and it does not even appear after booting into my machine. clicking on "switch accounts" does nothing. And when I log ...
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how Locked account runs services

I wonder how a locked account, typically www-data, can run a service, for example apache2, if it has /usr/sbin/nologin as shell? Is there a way to do in a root session, something like this: root# su ...
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how to use old /etc/passwd file and old home directories after system restore?

I used Systemback to make a restore points. Yesterday I was doing something and couldn't make things work properly, so I used Systeback to restore the system to a point in the past. The machine had ...
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Can not start after upgrade from 16.04 to 17.10

I upgraded my system from UbuntuStudio 16.04 to 17.10. But... Now, when I want to enter to the system (log in) I can not to do it because system doesn't recognize my user account password! I mean, I ...
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Can someone tell me why there are four file permission numbers instead of three? [duplicate]

This question was flagged as duplicate, and I looked at the suggested question. It did not explain why there are four numbers instead of three. Like in WordPress. the folder permissions you should ...
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Login only as guest, after have modified ~/.profile file

Yesterday I have modified the file .profile, adding a new PATH at the end of it. After this change I can only login as guest user. Could these two things be connected? How could I solve this problem? ...
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Reply to received XMPP messages with M10

I have manually setup an XMPP account in my M10 tablet using mc-tool and I can receive XMPP messages without problems. However I cannot answer them because it doesn't have an SIM card: Will this be ...
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Inheriting files from Admin to Standard users

I am cloning some machines with 16.04 LTS on them, using clonezilla, and I can't figure out how to share/pass files on to another account when it's created. To be more specific, say I have some files ...
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Add user in ubuntu

I know there is many threads with this question, but they're asking for how to clone root and etc. I want to create a user that hans't got root privileges but it can install packages and etc... I want ...
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There is no dialog box to input password for users other the main user

I recently installed Ubuntu 15.10 (Ubuntu MATE) and created a main account, 'rwabuhesi' from which I created another one, 'qulay'. From the terminal, I can log into both accounts and even move files ...
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Pidgin remove account?

I just install Pidgin. I cannot login facebook chat with Pidgin anymore (API deprecated), so Pidgin stuck at connecting status. How can I open account manager to remove the FB account and add another ...
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Account removal on Ubuntu 14.10

Will removing an administrator account remove my ppas added in my repository?
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Use Google Open ID to automatically create accounts/login to Ubuntu

What I'd love to be able to do is to have the ability to use Google's Open ID system to have users automatically authenticate with Ubuntu. Yes, it would be Chromium OS-like in its login but there are ...
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