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added new user no shell/ tab completing
I added a new ubuntu user with this command
useradd -d /home/newname -m newname
It seems no tab completing feature and only $ as prompt, When I logged in as root I see root@server$ as prompt.
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Limited access accounts for a low maintenance deployment?
Forgive me if I haven't done quite as much digging trying to solve this on my own as I could have: I'm currently in Zambia, and my internet access is unpredictible and slow when it's working.
I'm ...
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Basic server build for practicing and learning linux on
I am taking it upon myself to learn Linux,so here is what I want to accomplish; I want to set up a server primarily for practice. I don't need it to do anything specific accept allow me to login via ...
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Do not own my computer? [duplicate]
I was trying to install some plugins for my navigational program when I noticed I can't do changes to the file. And after a while I noticed that I'm not allowed to do any changes to the filesystem.
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Authentication failed with the correct password and now I cannot use sudo anymore
Recently I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (first time on Ubuntu).
I have my normal "administrator", and another Guest account.
I was experimenting today with the user accounts, and set my "administrator" ...
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How to change guest user icon
How the "Guest User" picture in Ubuntu 12.04 can be changed?
The user picture appear, for example, in the user menu.
This image is seen in every user's menu, so I guess it's just a matter of finding ...
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How can I have different X & sound configuration depending on which user logs in?
First off: I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and the NVIDIA X Server Settings GUI to configure.
I've recently gotten a new LED TV hooked up to my computer - the video card supports two displays. I would like ...
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Why can't I disable the Guest session?
I can't disable the Guest session for Ubuntu 12.04.
I tried to add allow-guest=false but it doesn't work.
Is there another way to disable it?
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User's password can not be set with passwd
I am running Ubuntu as a server, but with X-windows setup. I have SSH , Samba and RAID 5 setup. Was having trouble browsing Samba shares from my Windows 7 laptop, so I thought it might be a problem ...
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Immediately after login, my 12.04 LTS desktop asks for my password for “Authentication is required to change user data”
I have two Ubuntu 12.04 systems, one a desktop, and the other running as a NIS/NFS server (a desktop with lightdm disabled). When I login, I get the dialog (not error) "Authentication is required to ...
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What directories does user own - LTS 12.04
Which directories in the hierarchy does the default main user (UID 1000) own? like maybe /usr/share/ or /bin/
I need to now exactly the directories my user needs to own in the hierarchy, in short I ...
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How to setup an Ubuntu Server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Share Ext4 Partition Over Network
I have no knowledge when it comes to servers and i really want to be a pro at stuff like that.
What i wanna do is setup a Ubuntu ...
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are installed applications for all users or only for the account who installed them?
I want to make different user accounts separate in Ubuntu 12.04 for some applications only.
My brother uses some applications I don't want so more specifically,
Can I install application like ...
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12.04 Login gone wrong
I seem to have a fault in the login procedure somewhere. When I boooted up I found that if I selected Guest I could use the computer. If I selected my administrator account I was taken straight to ...
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Not able to login to Administrator Account in 12.04 [duplicate]
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Could not update ICEauthority file /home/me/.ICEauthority
I'm using 12.04. It was working fine till now. Suddenly today it happened to stuck/hang. I was writing Python ...
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Ubuntu User Accounts messed up
I need to fix Ubuntu Accounts but somehow don't really see how it could be done.
The problem is: files /etc/passwd and /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts where changed.
/etc/passwd
After
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Why do I need to use separate accounts for installing and running a program?
I bought some software from Atlassian (Jira, Confluence etc.) and I am installing it. One of the programs recommend me to create a user with limited access for only that program, and it also wants me ...
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How to run crontab as user:www-data?
My LAMP is setup to work as user:www-data and all files and folders are created with that permissions.
I have setup for crontab as user@ubuntu.
So i do crontab -e and use this command:
*/5 * * * * ...
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Failed to load session ”ubuntu“
I have “Failed to load session ”ubuntu“" when rebooting after giving other users no permission to use almost any programs in /usr/share/applications
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Can't curently log in as user in ubuntu 12.04
After the installation of Ubuntu 12.04 was finished, I was told to reboot my system. When it came backup, and after I logged in on the login screen, nothing happens, like its stuck there. I waited ...
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Login screen - set default user
On login screen i have two options: my default user (let's say User1) and "Other User". When i work as "Other user" and make "Log out", on logon screen the 'active' one is "Other User". I wish that ...
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Where will my full name be used?
During installation, the installer told me my name would be used for things like the default 'from' in emails. So now I'm wondering:
Where else will my name be used?
What benefits do I get from ...
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User Accounts not listed in System Settings User Accounts
I'm running 12.04 on PPC (IMAC G5) - but have a problem with creating/editing user accounts with the System Preferences User Accounts tool. All updates have been downloaded and installed.
When I ...
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Restrict acces to my home folder from another standard user account
I have made a new user on my machine to be used by my family.
But when i loged in in the family account which is not an administrative account,i could acces my home folder(which is an administrative ...
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Unity greeter background not changing for users automatically after upgrade
I have recently upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04. Normal upgrade, no new installation. In 11.10 I was using Simple LightDM Manager tool to set a custom wallpaper on the login screen. This tool ...
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12.04 User-account not listed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
12.04 User Accounts not listed in System Settings User Accounts
After incremental updates from 10.10, to 12.04, go back to gnome rather than Unity, and some ...
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12.04 doesn't accept shutdown command
When I try to shutdown my machine using the normal shutdown menu it just logs off the current user and brings me back to the lightdm login window.
I have to open a terminal and execute "shutdown -h ...
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1answer
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Create a new user in 12.04?
I tried to create a new user in 12.04 using the "Users menu", but although the user guest has been created, I never got asked a password. So when I logout and try to login as guest, I get asked a ...
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Admin password authenticates to log in, but not to install apps or change user accounts
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04. Then I changed my own user profile to not require a password and log me in automatically. What happened is, I'm still asked for a password once the desktop diplays. Once ...
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Upgrading system to 12.04 using CD did not preserve my users - how's best to restore them?
Today I upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 (via 11.10 first).
I performed both of these upgrades using the CDs as this was on a system with a very bad internet connection (and in fact the network ...
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What are the criteria for a user background to become login background on user selection?
What are the criteria for a user background to become login background on user selection?
I'm using 12.04 (beta) having jumped from 10.04, so I don't know whether it's the same with 11.10.
Basically ...
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How can I get Policykit-1-KDE to preselect the current user?
On my new Kubuntu 11.10 system, there are two users with administrative rights (paulo and administranto). Whenever I now from a KDE GUI dialog do some action which needs administrative rights, I get a ...
