Questions tagged [user-profile]
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Ubuntu 22.04 rewriting user-dirs.dirs
I am using Ubuntu 22.04. After one update, the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs has changed the lines
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
So the folder Desktop and ...
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Difficulty creating multiple profiles on Microsoft Edge browser in Ubuntu
I'm encountering an issue while attempting to create multiple profiles on the Microsoft Edge browser within Ubuntu. Whenever I try to log in with a different user profile, the browser seems to get ...
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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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User settings are back to fresh installation
I was trying to set Plex and found this instructions to allow Plex user to access certain folders https://www.linuxcapable.com/install-plex-media-server-on-ubuntu-linux/#Configure-Media-Files-Folders-...
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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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Clean reinstall Ubuntu while recovering former account
While tinkering (too much) with my machine, I deleted some apparently key files from the Ubuntu kernel on v22.*. I then thought I could "clean" reinstall just the system from a USB (that ...
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Dot gitconfig file not reflecting when switch user on ubuntu 22.04 lts
Today I have installed Ubuntu22.04LTS. In that, i had a user bob and his git config is like
user.name=Bob B
[email protected]
alias.unadd=reset HEAD
I Had another user named quealy . when i ...
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How to configure systemd to put all my browsers in a single cgroup
Long time ago I used cgmanager to put all my browsers (Opera, Firefox, Chrome) in a single cgroup and set max RAM usage limit for that group.
However, modern systemd really doesn't want other programs ...
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Can't set user picture in Xubuntu 22.04
Apparently, using .face doesn't work anymore. I've also tried setting it through About me and through LightDM. Neither works, either. The picture silhouette still shows on the log-in screen. I also ...
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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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Falkon doesn't use profiles anymore
I have changed my Kubuntu from 21 to 22.04 and Installed the Falkon browser again (which I appreciate for its option of creating profiles storing different sets of tabs, great).
I have used the same ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - snap based firefox won't start using remote profile
I hope I didn't miss a relevant question/answer. I have installed firefox on ubuntu 22.04 as snap. My profile is stored on an usb drive. Firefox is allowed to access removable media, I can access the ...
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Made my user disappear
Recent I installed zsh and made it my default shell, but then I wanted the old one back and decided to uninstall using command sudo apt-get --purge remove zsh.
When I restarted my computer my user had ...
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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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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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How can I permanently change PATH variable in Ubuntu 20.04? [duplicate]
How can I permanently change PATH variable in Ubuntu 20.04?
What file should I modify?
Thank You
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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.
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Fingerprint option is not shown in lenovo thinkpad e14
i have this hardware in my system
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 27c6:55a4 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix FingerPrint Device
please anyone tell me how to enable fingerprint in my lenovo thinkpad ...
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What are the commands to see and edit the user's information? after to use adduser [duplicate]
I read these tutorials:
How to create a user account on Ubuntu Linux
How to Add and Delete Users on Ubuntu 18.04
When is used the adduser command appears in the process:
Changing the user ...
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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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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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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 fix user UI login?
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04.
I am unable to login as UI User, but able to login terminal mode after ctrl + alt + F3. No error is showing. Getting black screen and again coming into user login screen ...
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Can't mount sshfs directory at login
I want to automatically mount a sshfs directory at login.
So I add this line to the end of my otherwise ok profile:
/usr/bin/sshfs [email protected]:/klipp klipp
This however results in
Error found ...
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Root@clear is showing instead of showing host name
I don't what happened there was crash or some thing my prompt is changed into like user name root@clear usually it shows username like [email protected]
How can I revert back to previous state ...
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How move User Folders to another partition (NTFS) in Ubuntu 14
I've installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my notebook. I want to share the user folders:
Pictures
Musics
Videos
Downloads
etc...
In my instalation I've 3 partitions:
Windows 7
Ubuntu
Data
I already ...
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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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Configure a default profile on Ubuntu 20.04
How can I set a default profile on Ubuntu 20.04 for all newly created users?
I used to use /etc/skel, but it doesn't work anymore, except for .bashrc or .profile. Indeed, if I copy the .mozilla folder ...
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user folder disappear, Can't login as root and only guest user works
the problem is that my user folder is missing my home/ directory is empty , i can't log in as the admin account, stuck in lightdm loop but only the guest user works but with no access to root .... ...
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New User, use /etc/skel [closed]
I can't find precise information about the /etc/skel settings for the new user to add, to the settings I have in user "model".
Could someone tell me what files to skel so I don't have to ...
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Remove unnecessary users on single user machine
I have these users setup on my single-user machine and I'd like to delete unnecessary ones to make the list shorter:
$ cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd
root
daemon
bin
sys
sync
games
man
lp
mail
news
uucp
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Ubuntu 20.04 (Gnome) create user without graphical interface
I'm trying to create user who is hidden. I would don`t see this user on GUI welcome screen.
I need that user only to administrate some applications.
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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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Ubuntu 18.04 mobile user profiles
I am curious if anyone has ever tried or found a toll for cloud syncing of user home directories on Ubuntu 18.04.
Basically I have a User on Ubuntu 18.04 laptop and I want to be able to use the same ...
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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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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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Is it possible to have Wine use a dual-boot Windows's profile data and vice versa?
I'm still only learning Ubuntu but I've already found out that for 99% of my purposes it works much better than Windows, especially considering how robust Wine has become.
For that potential missing ...
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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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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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Firefox Profile cannot be loaded
I am new to Ubuntu. Through dual boot (Windows 10 is the other OS), I am getting into Ubuntu.
Whenever I tried to open Firefox, I am getting the following error:
Your Firefox profile cannot be ...
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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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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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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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User Profile stored on USB Stick to login to any Ubuntu Device
Had an out of the box idea and wanted to run it by people with more experience to see if it was feasible.
I wondered if was possible to store an entire user profile on a USB Stick that could be used ...
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Is it possible to transfer old LibreOffice user profile to the new version of LO 6.x?
I like to install the new Lubuntu and need to decide which version of LibreOffice I shall install on that. It seem the LO 6x is different in architecture, my old user-profile is from Version: 4.4.7.2
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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 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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Ubuntu network profiles across machines?
I have multiple Linux machines at home, operated by different people. What I'd like is for someone to be able to log on to any of the different machines and have the same settings, including their "...
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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 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?
