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[mouse]where synaptic touchpad settings in user account?
I have some trouble with my "synaptics touchpad"
The touchpad is one of those that use the psmouse kernel module (i.e. modprobe psmouse will get the pad to work [mouse moves] and modprobe -r psmouse ...
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Share a Folder between two Local Users
I and my Brother have User Accounts on This machine, i want to share the Documents Director with him.
is there a STRAIGHT_FORWARD way to do it.
I am not a Power User so please no scripts please, any ...
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Upgrade to 13.04, user picture shows up on lightdm. Can I change it?
So, I recently upgraded my Xubuntu to 13.04, and afterwards I noticed that there is now a picture of me on the lightdm login screen. I have no idea where this picture came from, I don't remember it ...
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Accidentally deleted all users and forgotten root password. How can I use my computer again? [duplicate]
I wanted to delete just one user, but the window didn't react to my mouse so I clicked the button again. Now there's no user left, and I forgot the password for root (when I select 'root' from the ...
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How do I copy my profile to another computer?
How do I restore my profile after reinstalling Ubuntu on a different machine?
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User authenication for Ubuntu Virtual machine using Ubuntu Server
I have Ubuntu server 12.04 install and I have created 3 Virutal machine on it with Ubuntu install.
What I aim to do is to have users access to the VM remotely, but I want to store all the login ...
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Setting permissions for home server directories
I am fairly new at all this.
I have set up a home server using an old laptop and Ubuntu 12.04 to stream media to my LG TV through their DLNA system called MediaLink. This is being done through Plex ...
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How to move application specific folder out of home folder?
In my /home/myuserI have many folder like .thunderbird, .mozilla, .skype, etc. And meaningful for human folders like Downloads, Documents, become lost among folder with configs, cache, etc.
How to ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 - Create a non-Root user with own Userdir
I've created a new non-root user, dev, that so far does not belong to any groups, and I've been following this guide to help me setup Apache for hosting sites under this user's public_html directory ...
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per user lxc containers
I am sure I saw how to do this on a webpage around the intergoogle somewhere.
But Is it possible to have your system setup so when you create a user on your machine they log into their own LXC ...
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Don't know Ubuntu username and password
I installed my Ubuntu today and I logged out but now it asks for username and password which I never set up. Please help!
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Delete user files on logout
I have to setup Linux Ubuntu PC, on which when user logout himself, all files on his account have to be deleted, so when next time he logs in, he will have environment like he is never been logged ...
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Changed profiles; lost Ubuntu; how do I get it back? [closed]
Installed Ubuntu-secure-remix 12.10 in a dual boot with Windows 8 on an HP laptop. A first-time Linux user, I was exploring settings when I changed profiles (not sure what I changed it to). Now the ...
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user access on all computers in the Network with his settings loaded via server
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on three computers. I also have a ubuntu server.
What I want is, User should be able to log in to any of the three systems in the server when the user logs in. His ...
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Samba Server Make Multiple User Permissions Profiles
I have a Samba file server running, and I was wondering how I could make multiple user accounts that have different permissions. For example, at the moment I have a user, smbusr, but when I ssh to the ...
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What can cause my .profile file to not be loaded when a new terminal shell is initialized?
There are no errors in xsession and I don't have a .bash_login or .bash_profile file, so I'm 100% certain neither of those is loaded and thus cancels .profile loading.
When I rename the .profile to ...
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How to add Firefox profiles to quick list for Firefox Launcher?
I have three separate Firefox profiles, and while I have no problem running them at the same time (via ProfileSwitcher add-on), the default behavior of the Unity Launcher's Firefox icon is to launch ...
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How to ensure that all new users have the same profile settings as the current user?
How to ensure that all new users have the same profile settings as the current user? I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
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How to install KDE for different user on ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome 2D.
I want to install different desktop environments for different users, there are only 3 different users, 2 of them are in soders list with NOPASSWD
I want one user ...
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Profile Problems
I have a user profile on 12.04 which is having trouble, its missing deja backup crashes when trying to do smart tests and has a few other minor problems. If I log into the guest account or another ...
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How do I set profile picture on Lubuntu?
I'm using Lubuntu on my netbook and I want to change the LightDM greeter so i set the lightdm-webkit-greeter, but my user doesn't have a profile picture.
How I can set my profile picture?.
I have ...
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Share User folder along different versions of Ubuntu running Gnome classic desktop
Whenever I did installed several versions of Ubuntu in order to test and choose, I would like to know how can I share the same /home Folder or the same /home/user Folder. All these installations have ...
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i accidentally disabled my ubuntu profile
I was trying to upgrade my 2nd computer's hard drive, and in the process, I un-admin'd and disabled my account. I'm using the guest account right now. I've tried everything that ask ubuntu has to ...
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Users and Groups No Save Button
I am trying to add User Privileges; Use modems & Connect to wireless & ethernet networks to my current & only user profile.
It'll ask for my password & I am admin, but the ...
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Adding a Directory to a Path in .profile
I am new to Ubuntu (coming from Windows 7) and I am trying to add a directory to my system path and for some reason I can't get it to work. I am using Ubuntu version 12.04 LTS
I tried following this ...
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How can I change the user associated with Software Center purchases?
How I can change the user associated with Ubuntu Software Center?
I want to log in with a different user so I can disable sync and make a separate account for purchased items.
Does anyone know where ...
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Logging into a profile take more than 45 seconds in Ubuntu 12.04
My Ubuntu 12.04 installation has /home on a separate partition. After I installed Ubuntu 12.04, the logging in time to my profile has increased tremendously - a min of 45 secs to get the desktop.
I ...
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Setting up roaming profiles
I am trying to set up roaming profiles on Ubuntu Server. My goal is to be able to log on to the server from any computer in my house running Ubuntu, and have the profile for the user I logged in as ...
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How to configure KDE default settings for a new user of a group?
I'm a sys admin on Kubuntu 11.10 machine. Where do I configure the basic config for a new user (say belonging to group "users")?
Edit 1:
I want to configure langauages - currently my new users get ...
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Can't Clone a User Profile?
I have a user profile all setup with all settings the way I want them. I want to copy the entire configured profile to a new user account.
This is what I'm doing (user is already added to system):
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Where is the default bash profile file kept?
Under Ubuntu 11.10, where is the default bash profile file for new users kept? I want to edit the default file so that new users get a preconfigured .bash_profile file.
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Ubuntu One Is there a portable version?
I would like to be able to use ubuntuone on a usb drive while on the go. There would need to be a way to have a 'portable profile' that only synced certain things.
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Recovering user files with a Live CD
For some reason my bootup isn't working. I get an error akin to "Operating System Not Found". So I tried bootrepair, and that didn't work. So then I decided I would just save my personal files, wipe ...
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How to create a debian package to delivering fonts to users local directory?
I want to distribute few fonts that packaged within a debian package. Fonts should go to '~/.fonts' directory not to '/usr/share/fonts'. So every user can install fonts locally, not effecting system ...
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How to share same Thunderbird profile between two users?
I have been using Thunderbird e-mail client with my default account in my desktop Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx).
Now, I have created another user. When I start Thunderbird when logged in this new account, I ...
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How to customize system preferences settings for all users
Does anybody know how to apply a customized user settings to other existing or new users?. Something like a customized preferences settings for system wide so that everybody posses those settings and ...
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How to rename a user safely?
I've misspelled user name when installing (XUbuntu 11.10) and would like to rename if possible. How can it be done safely?
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Is there a way to change user picture in Xubuntu, and actually display it on login?
I am aware that the way to change user picture, is creating a .face file on /home... The thing is, this only works when one checks the users and groups on System directory... When it's time to login, ...
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Sharing home folder between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 running inside VMWare
I'm looking for a way to share my user profile between Windows 7 and Ubuntu as guest OS inside VMWare.
Are there any caveats for such an odd marriage, particularly in using NTFS with Ubuntu, on ...
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How to use terminal from Krusader?
When I try to run the "Start Terminal Here" command I get
Error executing
konsole --workdir %d!
On the net I found that the reason is that I have konsole is not installed, but I don't have root ...
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Clone user profile
Is there any reasonable way to copy user profile with all settings (Firefox, Thunderbird, Netbeans, git, fonts etc.) to have it as a base for another profile, so I didn't have to set up everything ...
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How do I change my username?
Some time ago when I installed Ubuntu I chose a rather stupid username for my account that I do not want to use anymore.
How do I change this (including the name of my home directory) without ...
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What user settings control audio access?
Running a regularly updated 10.04 LTS we have a weird issue with access to audio with pulseaudio 0.9.22. Sound device is ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
Login user1 after reboot: sound ...
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How can i change the top right corner display Name?
I have changed the name on /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts but the top right corner display name won't change
How can i change that name?
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Sound does not work once my profile loads
When I boot up my ubuntu 9.10 distro, the sound works just fine, but hen I sign into one of my profiles, the screen flickers for a second, and then the sound card no longer works. It appears that my ...
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Using capitals in my username?
During installation of Ubuntu 10.04 I was not allowed to use capitals in my Username. Is there any way I could change this?
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Why can't get past the user info screen when installing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installer gets stuck with a grayed out forward button.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1318 (07-08?) with an Intel Cored 2 Duo Processor and 3 GB of RAM. I can run Ubuntu 10.10 ...
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Can I set a default “About Me” photo?
Is there a way to set a default "About Me" photo so that all users created in the future start off with the same user image on the login screen?
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How can I change another user's “About Me” photo?
Is there a way for a user with administrative privileges to change another user's "About Me" photo?
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Showing a cowsays in every new terminal session
I wish to display a cowsays in every terminal window. The command I use is
fortune | cowsays
Any ideas how to do that?
Thanks.
