Questions tagged [user-profile]
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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, and the name ...
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Whats the .local folder for in my Home Directory
What is the ~/.local folder good for and is it safe to remove the content within this folder?
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Renaming user name [duplicate]
I made a mistake in the username at the time of installation. So I changed the name of the user after logging in by creating a guest account with SUDO rights. But when I checked the list of users ...
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Showing a "cowsay" fortune in every new terminal session
I wish to display a cowsay message in every terminal window. The command I use is
fortune | cowsay
Any ideas how to make it appear whenever I start a new terminal session?
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Sync Chromium with a Google account does not work any more … solutions?
Since around today, March 10, 2021 and recent update to 89.0.4389.82 Chromium stopped syncing to Google accounts. As is turns out, this is due to some changes made by Google.
What can we as users do?
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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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Adding custom path by updating ~/.profile with not working
I have altered my ~/.profile file by adding the following:
PATH="/user/share/android-sdk-linux/tools:$PATH"
I then log off and log in again, but the path is not added to the $PATH environment ...
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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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Recovering user files with a Live CD
For some reason I can't boot my system. I get an error akin to Operating System Not Found.
I tried bootrepair, and that didn't work. So then I decided I would just save my personal files, wipe ...
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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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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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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 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 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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Where are the pristine, untouched contents of a ~/.profile file?
Several files in my home directory have been disappearing. E.g. .bashrc, .bash_profile, authorized_keys and now .profile.
Regardless of how this happened, I would like to restore the original ...
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How to rename a user safely?
I've misspelled user name when installing Ubuntu and would like to rename if possible. How can I safely change my user name?
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root profile error
I had a problem with my root account on Ubuntu 14.04. when I login by using root account, I received this error:
Error found when loading /root/.profile: stdin: is not a tty
As a result the session ...
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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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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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How to set firefox so that it asks for profile while opening?
How to set Firefox so that it will ask choose profile while running Firefox ? Can i edit the Firefox binary for the same ? if yes, how can it be possible ?
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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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Need help installing LibreOffice 4.4 on Ubuntu 15.04
From a new Ubuntu 15.04 install:
When launching any application of the LibreOffice suite the LibreOffice splash screen starts with the following error box:
LibreOffice 4.4 - Fatal Error
The ...
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Is it possible to create new user profile by using command line for Chrome?
For automation purpose, is it possible to create new user profile for Google Chrome using terminal?
Also, after creation of new user profile can we start chrome with the created one?
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Removing user photo (18.04) [duplicate]
While playing around with a fresh installation of 18.04, I've accidentally selected a photo for my user. I couldn't find an undo or cancel or remove option, so now I'm stuck with a photo on the login ...
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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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User account messed up. How to restore functionality?
Complete story:
When I installed Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection via Ubuntu software center, I noticed some of the newest puzzles were missing. So I decided to get the source files and ...
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Accidentally deleted my user's home folder
so, I'm running a home server using Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS and I'm currently controlling it via ssh outside home. I wanted to delete everything I had on my user's home folder so I used "sudo rm -r /...
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Change default location of document folder of user
I am using Ubuntu desktop. I want to change default location of document folder of my user (let's take testuser) from local system (/home/testuser/Documents/) to window share (\server1\share_name) ...
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How to launch chromium with specific user
The chromium browser allows to have multiple users with individual bookmarks, extension etc. within chromium.
Is it possible to launch chromium with parameters which specify which user to be loaded. ...
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The About Me dialog doesn't save information
I just installed a fresh copy of 11.04 and have been setting up my preferences. I have noticed while doing this that the About Me dialog does not save anything that I put in. I can totally fill the ...
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How do I backup everything on Ubuntu 20.04?
I would like to backup everything on my computer (as simply as poss) and save it somewhere else like a usb drive.
For example I would like to copy everything, my desktop, theme, all my favourites from ...
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Jmeter not starting up while excuting command as non-root user
I'm able to start jmeter form ubuntu 16.10 terminal as root user. However, If I try to start up jmeter using non-root user by executing the same command as in tried for root. I'm getting the ...
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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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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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/etc/skel doesn't work with xenial
We have a script which works perfectly with Xubuntu 14.04 and an Ubuntu Server with ldap : https://github.com/dane-lyon/clients-linux-scribe/blob/master/ubuntu-et-variantes-integrdom.sh
We use /etc/...
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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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Ubuntu is asking for password for small things
When I turn on my computer, Ubuntu asks for authentication, as shown in the following screenshot:
It asks for a password even when I try to switch Wi-Fi and every time I turn the computer off.
There ...
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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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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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How to change profile picture in User Accounts
I can't somehow not change the profile picture in User Accounts. After I browse for a photo and select one, nothing happens! Rebooting doesn't fix the problem. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. How can I ...
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How to clone a user profile on the same computer?
Does anyone have a sure-fire way to make a new profile identical to another profile on the same computer? I have to put that in bold because it seems every time I search online the only thing that ...
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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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Unable to log in and unable to reset the password [duplicate]
I was reading some blog and I found that I can manually start GUI by issuing this command sudo startx, so I did that. I did it in the terminal with the GUI already running. Now I'm unable to login to ...
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Change User Profile Photo in UBUNTU 14.04
Today, I installed the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit. And I open the cheese webcam booth, the webcam works fine. I want to change the user photo in profile, webcam not works. I also try "browse for more ...
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Clone Unity Dock for All Users?
I've spent 3 days trying to figure out how to clone the Unity dock from my firstuser profile in Ubuntu 12.04 to all of the other profiles I'm hoping to create.
I've read where the /etc/skel folder ...
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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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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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Is it possible to make a directory that a user cannot list, but would be able to access files in it?
Is it possible to make a directory that a user cannot list, but would be able to access files in it?
Provide examples of when this might be necessary.