For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.
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User accounts missing on loginscreen after 11.10->12.04 upgrade, how to get them back?
I upgraded to 12.04 from 11.10. I thought that by upgrading I wouldn't lose the accounts (and the release notes make no reference to loosing it), yes, I carelessly hit the upgrade button but please ...
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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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Manage users while for new subversion user group
I'm trying to follow this tutorial, but I have a problem. I installed gnome-system-tools and dconf Editor, but in this editor I don't see the /apps/gnome-system-tools/users menu and showall check-box ...
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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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Create a user for sharing purposes only
I want to create simple user, who don't have any authority to use the system by logging in, but can access the resources shared on the network from a domain.
I am under an impression that samba user ...
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Incompatible group permissions in Linux - Is it a bug?
I am on Ubuntu 11.04. I am creating another user and placing an existing user in the group of other user, hoping to write in the home directory of other user.
# uname -a
Linux vini 2.6.38-11-generic ...
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How to create a Remote Desktop Server on Ubuntu Server per user
I want to create an old style server - thinclient/terminal kind of work with ubuntu server 12.04. I was trying to use x11vnc to serve remote desktops to users but from what I have understood [after ...
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Adding an existing user to another group
I am having this strange problem. I am using usermod to add an existing user to another group. I want to create a new user and add an old user to this new user's group. To do this, I am doing the ...
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How to get full rights in Ubuntu to manipulate a file that is owned by root [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I elevate nautilus privileges to move or copy a folder as root?
I want to have full rights in Ubuntu 11.10 so I don't have to use the terminal every time I want ...
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Why doesn't id-tool show latest added group?
I wanted to add myself to a group called vboxusers while the following situation occured:
At first let's see how it looks before we do anything:
$ id
uid=1001(me) gid=1001(me) ...
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Webcam working for admin, not for standard user Ubuntu 12.04
I just installed Ubuntu, I've been a longtime Debian user but I'm a bit lost with some things.
My admin account has everything working nicely, I created a standard user account for my wife but I ...
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I deleted the “/etc/passwd” file and cannot log in
I was trying to change my username and also my home directory (/home/username) and my system started to crash. I deleted the passwd file but I had a backup named passwd_bkp. I tried to rename this ...
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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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I can't su as root, my account type is admin BUT am I root? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
su command + authentication failure
i installed ubuntu successfully, but then i tried "su" on terminal and entered my password, authentication failed! and I don't think ...
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Delete a user and all files owned by this user
I have used deluser without the parameter --remove-all-files:
$ deluser 'user'
Is there a way other than rm -r /home/user to remove all files owned by a user now (since I have already executed ...
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Granting a sftp user access to a /var/www directory
I've created a user and made his home directory /var/www/mysite/ftpdir
I've also added a Match user entry for this user in sshd_config with a ChrootDirectory that points to /var/www/mysite
I've ...
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Changes to user's home directory not updating
I've just made changes to a user's home directory (using usermod -d) - but I'm still going to the old directory when I login (via sftp).
Do I need to restart a user service to pick up these changes?
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How do I get login statistics?
I want to get a list that shows how many times each user logged in to the system.
Something along the lines
user1 45
user2 134
user3 200
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How should one try and fix bugs in Ubuntu?
Given that it can take ages for the software engineers at Ubuntu to fix bugs once they are filed, if the user himself or herself wants to fix the bugs in ones system, what are the steps that he or she ...
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Hide home folders for users
I have a ubuntu desktop edition set up as server at my home and this installation has a lot of users.
I hav a administrator account and all other accounts are standard accounts.
At the moment ...
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How to enable wireless network for standard users?
how can I allow standard users to connect to wireless network without administrator password?
It's simple question. I need any positive answer.
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Login Does Not Continue
I have a problem in our computer; we just upgraded our system from ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. The problem is that we could not login as another user or lets just say it only show black screen everytime we ...
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How to restrict access to a NTFS partition to a standard (non-admin) user?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I have 4 NTFS partitions. I have made 2 users: One for myself (Admin) and one for family (standard/non-admin).
I successfully restricted the access to my home folder from ...
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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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Why isn't the new “postgres” user I created showing up in User Accounts?
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1545, then downloaded & installed all the latest updates. Now when I create a new user postgres in the "User Accounts..." window, it ...
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How to change account's image in Ubuntu 12.04 by command or Gconf or Dconf? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change another user's “About Me” photo?
Really I use Luna OS and there's User Account is useless so I can not change account's image from it. I ...
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Can not create a new user in ubuntu 11.10
I can't create a new user and can't log in as guest user.When i tried to create a new user a dialogue box and it says..Failed to create user.. running '/usr/sbin/adduser' failed: /usr/sbin/adduser ...
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enabling a user (created with adduser command) for lightdm graphical login
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64 on a new (empty) hard disk (because the previous crashed)
Since I am quite familiar with Debian, I created two accounts with the adduser command.
Since I am also ...
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useradd seems to have failed in Lubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add user without useradd command?
I am trying to add users in Lubuntu 12.04. I have followed the instructions here which amounts to:
$ useradd username
$ passwd ...
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Can't create new users in 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to manage users and groups?
How do I create a new user in 12.04 running Unity? I can't find a utility equivalent to the Users and Groups GUI I've used in earlier ...
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What is the equivalent user for nobody:nobody from CentOS?
I am converting from centOS and am used to having a nobody:nobody user:group for running services. Does Ubuntu have a similar best practice user:group combination for running a service?
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Numerous problems with Ubuntu 11.10, have to use my windows partition now :( [closed]
I have used Ubuntu for almost a year now, but recently I have been forced to use my windows partition because
I can't connect to the internet. I can see a list of available wireless routers but I ...
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I deleted my original user account. The new account has no password. How can I enable it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add myself back as a sudo user?
How can enable my admin account? i deleted the other one and now the new one is without password and i cant access it and cant ...
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Migrating users from Fedora, anything to look out for?
I've migrated around 300 users from a Fedora server to Ubuntu. I copied over all the relevant entries in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, and /etc/gshadow. One thing that was a bit concerning is ...
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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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Migrating users from Madriva
My company switces from Madriva to ubuntu 12.04. We use an nfs mounted /home. I migrate the users by copying passwrd, shadow and group under /etc in the newly installed Ubuntu and also mount the /home ...
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How can I use SSO to login to my Ubuntu machine instead of Local User Management
Instead of maintaining local user accounts, I would like to be able to use Ubuntu SSO (Ubuntu One) accounts to authenticate the logins to my Ubuntu machine.
Any chance?
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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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How to set Default Unity Login Screen in Ubuntu 12.04 with Differant user background Screens [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?
Installed Pangolin 12.04 X64 with 2 users, one user has The default Unity Login Screen ...
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unable to mount pendrives etc
All of a sudden in 11.10 I am no longer even though administrator able to mount New volumes such as pen drives. etc. Also my User Account unlock is now greyed out.
If I log in as a guest I can mount ...
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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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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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Cannot find name for group ID 127 [closed]
Can anyone help with my latest problem, 65 updates came through today and after rebooting I now have this message in Terminal.
groups: cannot find name for group ID 127
I've done a cat /etc/group
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Changing Short name of user [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change my username?
I'm making a small ubuntu network, and in client 10.04 I "logged in" as the user "employee1", and changed my name to "Red Herring" but i ...
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How to remove Guest Session from the Switch User list? [duplicate]
I have removed the Ubuntu Guest account from lightdm, but there is still a way of getting in to it, via the "Switch User" menu in the top right corner. Is there anyway to remove this?
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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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Why does Ubuntu force users to create a password upon installation?
There's been one problem I've had since I installed Ubuntu to run alongside Windows, I assume this would also be the same if it was installed to replace the other operating system as well, the ...
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Requiring unexisting password
When I created my user account I didn't choose a password but now when I try to install an app it says to authenticate with password, though I know not of a password that I can use. What should I do?
