For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.
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User is part of a group - except he's not?
I'm really confused about this. I need to give a user read/write access to /var/www and followed the instructions in that question : Whats the simplest way to edit and add files to ...
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1answer
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Fresh installation and user's management
I have Ubuntu 10.10 that works perfect for me and my family. Now I would like to install a fresh 12.10 release. I have a separated /home partition.
After installing a new version, I need to configure ...
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1answer
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sshfs is mounting filesystems as another user
So I am trying to mount a folder from another computer in my LAN, and I am able to ssh without any issues. But, I am unable to make any changes when I access the mounted folder.
This is what I have ...
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1answer
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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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server 12.04.02 LTS resources maxed out when idle. system freezes
I am having trouble with my dedicated server running 12.04.02 LTS. I have installed ffmpeg, apache2, and configured it to serve H264 video files. The server starts freezing when resources are maxed. ...
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4answers
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Create a new SSH user on Ubuntu Server
Just created a new virtual Ubuntu server and I'm in the process of hardening it for production use. I currently have a root account. I want to do the following:
Create a new user (let's call them ...
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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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1answer
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share home files but not preferences
I would like to know if it is possible to make a symbolic link between the home folders of two users so they both have access to documents, audio, photos, etc ... read and write, but actually have ...
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2answers
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SSH shell prompt does not show user@host for one user
I have Ubuntu 12.04 server running. I created user1 when I installed, and created user2 today with '1useradd' and I added it to all the same groups as user1.
But when I log in remotely using SSH, ...
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1answer
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Delete account in Linux [closed]
I need to delete a user I created in linux mint. how to do this? I tried userdel -f hduser but it said userdel: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later
what should I try?
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How to, auto add desktop icon for all new likewise-open users 12.04
I want to add a desktop icon to the desktop of every user that logges on.
The system is connected to Active Directory using LikeWise-open, i dont want to manualy add the desktop icons to every user, ...
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1answer
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Is there a way that I can disable change password
I have 20 computers in a high school lab and I want to set up a standard student log in. This is done, the problem is that students can change the password to anything, is there a way to block this? ...
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2answers
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Does Landscape support user management?
Does Landscape support the following user management features?
create user
delete user
change password for user with given username
add user to group
remove user from group
set user login shell
...
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Could not update ICEauthority file since upgrading
Since upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 13.04, my login fails with the above message. I have tried:
sudo chown ls user:user /home/user
chmode 600 /home/user/.ICEauthority
What else can I try to fix ...
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1answer
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What is the purpose of the backup user installed by default?
from /etc/passwd:
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
The home directory listed is /var/backups which is owned by root:root. Here are the contents of the home directory:
total 4.1M
...
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1answer
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Two users with same name but different passwords
Is it possible to create two users with the same name, and let LightDM choose between them at login if one of the passwords is given?
For example, to anyone opening my computer, it would seem like ...
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1answer
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Why can't I create users?
I can't create users. I updated from 12.10 to 13.04 and only see one user, the two others are gone, I upgraded keeping my files.
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3answers
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation
I thought I would try 12.04 installation on a spare laptop still running 10.04 rather than on my main laptop running on 11.10.
I installed 12.04 over rather than clean.
Fine… But I cannot login as ...
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1answer
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How to harden a ubuntu desktop?
We are planning to install 80 ubuntu desktops in a college. The management told us to harden the ubuntu desktop as much as possible, like the user should not able to customize system settings for ...
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1answer
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How to enable or disabled a user?
I'm uing ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I have 3 users: user1(administrator), user2(standard) and guest. I wanted to disable user1 and enable user2 which auto logs on with no password but after I did that I ...
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1answer
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Multiple Dropbox accounts on the same computer
Has anyone tried running multiple Dropbox accounts on one computer? What I would like is for every user to have their own Dropbox account/folder. On the Dropbox Help Center they write:
For our ...
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6answers
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How to enable root login?
I would like to enable the root account on my Ubuntu installation.
I realize the security implications of this.
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1answer
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Ubuntu two users logged with same name
I have a server and a ssh session, but it seems like I've pressed something and it was a shortcut so currently, when I do w it shows my other session (which I don't know how I opened). I closed my ssh ...
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0answers
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howto set a user account a limited login time
I want to create a user with a limited login time. To be more clear, I want the user account to be able to login for specified time (ie. 1000 clocks), and then the account deactivates. I looked at ...
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1answer
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Can't access my Ubuntu admin account
It just shows a black screen with words in it for a fraction of a second and then gets back to users screen(where you choose your user).
I tried to enter from another account and removed the password ...
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1answer
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Match directive breaks SSH
On my Ubunut server 12.04 LTS machine, I try to add a user with only sFTP or FTP access.
Let's call him 'Jim' for now. Jim only needs access to a directory /var/www/example.com.
So far I've tried ...
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1answer
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How does user access for full disk encryption work?
When installing Ubuntu 12.10 and higher you get an option to encrypt the entire drive (not just the home directory). What encryption mechanism is used for this, and what kind of access permissions are ...
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change settings from guest account ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
at first sorry, but my english is very bad.
I want to customize the settings from the guest account (Ubuntu 13.04).
I want to change the startpage in firefox and change the background from the ...
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2answers
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Install Ubuntu without creating a user account
I'd like to sell an old computer of mine to a friend, and I'd like to pre-install Ubuntu. Is it possible to install the OS, but not set up a user account first? I'm expecting that it would ask the ...
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17answers
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Why is it bad to run as root?
I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. ...
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2answers
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Who is “user 109”?
I found out that user 109 launches pulseaudio on startup, which blocks mine:
petr@sova:~$ ps -ef | grep pulseaudio
109 1515 1 1 15:23 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start ...
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2answers
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How to make user home folder after account creation?
I created a new user with useradd name and forgot to use -d -m to create their home directory. I tried making one, copying the contents of /etc/skel, and chowning everything to the new user.
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2answers
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How to add user without useradd command?
Is it possible to add a user in ubuntu linux without useradd command I think its possible by adding the entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow but i don't know the exact steps to do it and the user ...
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4answers
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Getting an “Authentication token manipulation” error when trying to change my user password
I am logging in to my Ubuntu Server using my username. Once I am logged in I am typing passwd command. Entering a new password but a second after getting following error messages:
passwd: ...
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1answer
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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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'w' command not showing users list when not root ('who' does)
I have multiple users logged on my server (ubuntu 12.10), with ssh. None of them has root privileges.
If I then log in with my admin account and type (without sudoing)
admin1@server:~$ w
the ...
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1answer
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How to provide user permission to read, write on `/dev/sdax`? What is the syntax?
I have two my hard disk divided into two partition (apart from swap).
First one is /dev/sda3 on which I have my ubuntu installation. Second one is /dev/sda1. Now, when I try to copy a file to ...
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Diff. Between Ubuntu vs Ubuntu Studio? [duplicate]
Can any one tell me the Diff. Between Ubuntu vs Ubuntu Studio ?
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1answer
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kde profiles for home, work movie watching etc
Is there a way to configure different KDE config modes for different profiles?
when i am watching a movie i don't want to see a screen saver or lock screen, but when working at my PC i want to start a ...
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hide user from login GUI
If I add a user to hidden-users then they won't show from the GUI user login page?
thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ cat /etc/lightdm/users.conf
#
# User accounts configuration
#
# NOTE: If you have ...
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1answer
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Username Modification while Retaining Data Structure
I've tried this in the past with zero success. How do I change the /home/USER directory for a user, when I change their username, and how do I update their username without causing massive breakage?
...
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2answers
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Trying to Install Spotify but it says I need a non administrator account
When I try to install Spotify with Wine, it says I need to use a standard account. I switched my account from Administrator to standard, and restarted, but I still get the same message. Any help is ...
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Leave application running as we switch users
How can I leave Deluge Bittorrent running as different family members log into and use our Ubuntu 12.04 laptop?
This seems like it should be some sort of daemon, but of course it has a GUI, which I'd ...
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1answer
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Mount bind with full ownership and permissions
I am using 12.10 on virtualbox. I have my windows documents folder shared through virtual box folder share. Then I wanted to use mount --bind to mount my documents folder to the ubuntu user documents ...
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1answer
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How can I run anacron in user mode?
I would like to set up a scheduled task via anacron but I would like to do so in user mode. How can I achieve this?
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How to change administrator password? [duplicate]
At the user accounts I set the Password in the (connection options ) at none
then when I tried to unlock the user accounts it ask for a password, when I type the old one it says its wrong.
I tried to ...
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1answer
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Customization: Specific DE for specific User
Is it possible to setup?
Suppose, I have two users: Home and Work.
For Home I want to use GNOME Shell or KDE a beautiful DE. (Or something else)
For Work I want to use LXDE or MATE as fastest DE. ...
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2answers
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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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5answers
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Can I set my user account to have no password?
If I attempt to change my password to nothing by opening "User Accounts", the "Change" button remains greyed out:
How do I change my password to be empty? I know you can set Ubuntu to automatically ...
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How can I define which groups new users will be added to during the installation process?
How can I add all new users to a special group?
For example 'video' or 'www-data'.
