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Not able to login to newly created account

I am a new linux user/administrator and I just set up ubuntu 18.04. I am having difficulty creating a viable user/nonadministrator account. I have done this with the terminal with user (antonk): ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck at starting

I tried to make my user as root by editing /etc/passwd file and replaced 1000 with 0 for my user. I restarted my system then a new screen appeared to create user. I created new user and reverted ...
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Running Google-Chrome and VS Code as non-root user?

First, When I run google chrome as regular user (non-root user), and reboot my lab the changes will be removed as I've already installed, I knew that I should not run it as root user, so how can I run ...
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Adding an user to www-data group not working

I am trying to add my user to the www-data group in order to be able to edit the files there without admin rights. This is the command I have used to do that: $ sudo usermod -aG www-data n_user $ ...
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How am I logged in before I log in?

When I freshly turn on my computer and reach the log in screen, normally, when I try to poweroff afterwards, the dialog only shows Power Off This system will automatically poweroff in 60 secs Cancel ...
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Question regarding SUID & GUID

I was interested in learning how to use Linux, but while studying SUID and GUID I have had trouble understanding exactly what it does. Now I know that it grants permissions of the user or group, but ...
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Linux security(?) issue Ctrl+Alt+F7/F8

Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS amd64. User A logs into Ubuntu. Then he switches to user B. Now user B can access user A's GUI by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7. User A can also access user B's GUI by pressing Ctrl+...
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users not showing up in the users app

I have 2 accounts, when I run the users app, only 1 of them shows up I't's been this way for some time now, the second account called jenkins was a system account. It worked fine for my purposes (...
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Change account type from terminal in ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

How can I do by command line in terminal that an administrator should become standard (normal)?
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How can I change default user on Ubuntu Windows?

Whenever I click on the Ubuntu app in the start menu I'm logged in as root. Is there any way I can set the default user to be the user I created?
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Prevent Users from changing date/time settings in Ubuntu 18.04

I require to prevent the users from changing the date and time settings in ubuntu 18.04 using the GUI and If possible need to restrict the commands related to the same too.
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check startup applications with a different user

Is it possible to check the list of the startup applications for a specific user account by using another user account? Both accounts are administrators. I'm using Ubuntu 19.10. I tried to search ...
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Save use of Ubuntu 18.04 and above via controlling user privileges?

Sometime back, I had read articles advising Ubuntu users to use Standard User privilege account to do their daily work instead of using Administrator privileges, as the former approach avoids allowing ...
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Installing Software asking for password

I'm running Linux Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, I have two accounts: - The first as an administrator (Password is required for login) - The second as a normal user (Without password) The administrator can ...
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Create user with access to other users

Our team is 3 people : anna ben carl They do web development so each site has its own user : site1 is a user for website #1 site2 is a user for website #2 We want each user to login with their ...
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Change user in root permission popup [duplicate]

I'm in the sudoers file (username ALL=(ALL) ALL, but am not the root user on a machine. When I want to install something from Ubuntu Software, or want to execute some other root operation from a GUI, ...
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how to make a symbolic link to a folder at first logon

I have an Ubuntu 18.04.3 installation with 20 users (no superusers) and I just copied 2 pdf files in the /usr/share/coure_share/ folder where everybody has access to. I want to make a symbolic link on ...
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Imposes changing root user home directory any disadvantages?

I have main user, e.g. dave with home directory /home/dave. And it has lots of configs for various programs it can run like vim, bash etc. When I login as root user, all my configs are not used since ...
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How to rescue files from a HDD using a bootable USB?

I am new to Ubuntu. My computer doesn't start and I need to rescue some files from it. I tried to boot from a live USB and did it successfully. I reached the HDD but the folders are locked (I can see ...
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Creating text file with variable

I want to create a text file in my home directory that is named like the user which is using the terminal, but it mustn't be hard coded, so I think I have to use variables or something. Can someone ...
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How to unlock Linux Ubuntu 16.04?

I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Recently (about 7 months ago) I got a notification about installing a new update. I ignored it for a while until I decided I would go through with it. It led me through a ...
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/var/run/utmp does not record users who log in through GUI and ‘w’ command can not show users that have logged in through GUI

I’ve deleted some files in /var directory by accident and I found the problem that I describe in the title. How can I solve that problem? Is there any way to recover /var/run/utmp?
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Create new User with Completely different workspace from the others

I have just one user(For example User_One the name) and a root on my system and i want to create a second user (For example User_two the name) who I want him to have : *His own desktop with his own ...
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Reverse usermod nologin Action On Sole User

I accidentally used usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin username on the only user on Ubuntu. Now, when I open terminal, it says “This account is currently not available” and I can’t type anything in. How ...
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How do i apply settings for the login screen

I use Ubuntu 18.04. When i boot up the system and login screen shows up, it loads some settings that i don't like and would like to change them.Namely keyboard layout mouse sensitivity screen ...
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How can switch user when login to ubuntu server

Question: How can I switch user automatically when I log in to an Ubuntu18.04 server? For example: I want to switch from ubuntu user to new_user user: # from ubuntu@myserver:~$ # to new_user@...
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How can i prevent a specific users from changing their passwords and allowing others to do it?

I'm trying to give some users the ability to change their password, and prevent some other specific users to do it. I already saw a question similar to this one but the solution was denying every user ...
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How to create user without any application access

I want to create a user with less privileges like that new user should only have the certain application access, all other application menus should be disabled or hide from the main menu. For ...
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Retaining Permissions for External ext4 Drive While Reinstalling OS

I've had weird permissions issues getting data from HFS+ drives before, so I wanted to ask and be sure. I boot my machine off an SSD, and have an HDD for extra data. Both are formatted in ext4. The ...
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Can a VM be the default OS from GRUB for a second User?

I want to create a VM with a kid friendly distro for my 2 kids (almost 4 and almost 5) on my pc. Is it possible to use this VM as the default OS when they log in under their user? Or will it need to ...
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Running separate programs securely

I basically will be running multiple programs which might try to do something malicious (like delete files outside of their given directories). So I think I need to run the programs as a user who can ...
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LXC change default non-root user

I am running an lxc container for an app, but need to change the default user to the same as my host system. I setup the container following these instructions: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-...
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Hide certain users from login screen greeter (Ubuntu 19.10)

Hi I just finished installing Ubuntu 19.10 on my daughter's computer. I want to hide my own account from the login greeter. I found a way to hide the list of all accounts but that is not really what I ...
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19.10 Users tab doesn't show any user

The users exist when I check /etc/passwd, but are not shown here:
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18.04 keyboard stop working for one user account after login; another works ok

I've got a high school computer lab with 32 Dells running 18.04. A problem has developed on two computers now, where after logging in with the student account, the keyboard stops working. Even caps ...
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Permission denied creating directory after switching user

I switched to a different user with the su command, and now I want to create a file/folder but "permission denied" error appears. safi_test4@safi-VirtualBox:/home/safi$ su safi_test4 Password: ...
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How to create a disabled account?

How do I create a disabled account? for example when trying to login as nobody, root@miniubuntu1804:/home/hans/projects/evaler/src# su nobody This account is currently not available. how do I ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 lacks Switch User option in Non-Admin account

The introductory procedure is: Click on down pointer in the upper right hand corner Click on user-id For a Standard Account the options are: Log Out Account Settings The Switch User option is ...
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MySQL Workbench 8.0 - Error 1142 & Error Code: 1370

I have created a user 'user1'@'localhost'. then granted all privileges to the user1 with grant option. any help? then I go and make a connection of user1 to the database and it keeps throwing error ...
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Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket

I am getting this error after installing Docker on Ubuntu and running docker version or sudo docker version. docker: Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:...
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is there an LS for users?

I want to see what files and folders a user on my system has permission to. I am an admin, on the system. how do I get more information about what files and folders a user can access? Command line ...
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Hide user on login screen for kubuntu and lubuntu [19.04]

so I tried to use what has worked for me for years as below. But trying this on both of these flavors of ubuntu gives an error on giving the gdm user x server access. Sequence: Use root: sudo -i ...
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How to create a user with the least privileges/permissions but enough to do ssh tunneling?

I want to use SSH Tunneling on my local machines to bypass government restrictions. I'm talking about creating a socks proxy server using a ssh connection. ssh -f -N -D 1080 [email protected] ...
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Creating a new user in Disco Dingo? [duplicate]

I am planning to create a new user in Disco Dingo, How do you create a new user in Disco Dingo? Any risks involved? How to delete the ...
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Timeout for password input for user login

is it possible to set a timeout for ubuntu to ask the user for his login password. Let me give you an example. I put my laptop to sleep and after 2.5 seconds I think 'ah f**k, I forgot something'. So ...
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Run Webstorm as privileged user

I want to update the Webstorm IDE. I get the following error message. WebStorm does not have write access to /app/extra/webstorm. Please run it by a privileged user to update. WebStorm was installed ...
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why does my user not belong to other groups until password is entered?

I have the problem that when I open a graphical shell in KDE (XTerm or Konsole, both show the same "problem") and I type groups, the only group displayed carries my user's name. I need to first do su ...
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useradd/usermod not accepting -c [duplicate]

When I run the following command : sudo usermod –c "Richard Tracy" dtracy I get the following error : Usage: usermod [options] LOGIN Options: -c, --comment COMMENT new value of the ...
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Can users with the same $HOME have separate bash histories?

I have two users, that have the same home directory: useradd -m -d /home/mydir user1 useradd -m -d /home/mydir user2 and they are in the same group. But I have a problem, when someone logged in the ...
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Users management - allow local installation

I'm building a workstation that will be used by different users. I don't want to make them sudoers but I'd like for them to be able to install anything they within their account (no system wide ...
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