Questions tagged [login]
Questions related to logging into a user session or shell, for example at the graphical login screen that normally appears at the end of the boot process
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I have Linux Mint installed and I installed Ubuntu Unity Desktop. After I rebooted the system i can't login to mint anymore [closed]
So I installed ubuntu-unity-desktop on top of my Linux Mint and when I rebooted the PC I had 4 options for logging in. The original Mint, Unity, Linux mint (graphic rendering) and Linux mint (...
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unable to login with domain
I am trying to setup a ubuntu gnome 22.04 for login to domain. eventually I will use this box for vmware instant clone pool.
all recommended steps are done to the VM.
when I run "sudo login" ...
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I can not enter in my profile
I use my password (picture), but it gets denied. i changed it few times, it didnt help. But when i use ctrl+alt+f3, and it asks me for login and password, everything is fine, but, obviously, with no ...
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no password for login user
I want to create user login or current user who does not need password. On login prompt, they can just give login id and password enter without password and login should happen. I used sudo su root ...
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User no longer in sudoers after installing ssh
My admin account was added to sudoers and worked fine. I set up SSH and xRDP on my computer. I used the exact same username for these programs. Now when I try to sudo, it says my user is not in the ...
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Login keyring not being unlocked after login into the user from a password lock-screen
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Some time ago I modified the set timeout for user locking for wrong password input via modifing /etc/pam.d/common-auth.
I have lock-screen set up at start-up, meaning it ask me for my ...
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Can I SSH with key and then have a simple password for the sudo user?
So I have a server which I connect to with SSH and a key.
I have disabled SSH password login on my normal user. When I use sudo, it's super annoying to having to copy and paste the complex password ...
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/etc/rc.local runs, only writes log file at boot time. Runs as it should after login
I created a systemd service rc-local.service as below and placed it in /etc/systemd/system, enabled it, started it.
It is supposed to run the /etc/rc.local script at boot time, which it does. I know ...
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is this a bug on ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
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when i remove all users from the login screen by editing /var/lib/AccountsService/users
and changing all users to systemaccount=true and restart my computer , after this ubuntu does not boot ...
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can't signin to ubuntu due to sign-in loop [duplicate]
I am experiencing couple of errors on my ubuntu machine from the booting process to the sign in screen.
My Ubuntu is in emergency mode. Whenever I bootup my machine it shows the below message
You ...
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Failed to load configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: Key file does not start with a group
Trying to solve another issue, I unistalled and reinstalled lightdm. After that, lightdm failed to start, and I could see this message in journalctl -xeu lightdm.service:
Failed to load configuration ...
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How to log in into another session when the screen is locked?
I used to be able to log in with another account when locking the first session. However, ever since I updated to 24.04 from 23.10 this option disappeared. I can only see this screen:
What may be ...
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Black Screen on Login After Installing Ubuntu 24.04 - nvidia
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 on my system and performed all the available updates. However, I’m encountering a frustrating issue every time I reboot. When I reach the login screen, my primary ...
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How to enable /etc/update-motd.d/ messages to show on SSH login
I have two servers running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS. One of them (let's call it host1) I will be greeted with the motd upon logging in via SSH as shown below.
However, on the second one (host2) this will ...
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Having to manually start gdm everytime
I recently installed lightdm, Big mistake. It was terrible, So i then un-installed it using systemctl remove lightdm.service.
However, I am still having issues. First is that on startup it still has ...
