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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Problems with boot (Ubuntu tty1-) [duplicate]
I used the command sudo apt autoremove python3 and now my ubuntu does not boot properly. It keeps going to Ubuntu tty1-. Would be grateful if someone could assist me.in fixing it.
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Limiting concurrent Ubuntu session not working!
I am trying to limit my user's concurrent logins. Every user should be able to have a limited number of simultaneous ssh connections to my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server.
Here's what I've done so far:
To /...
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Ubuntu 23.04 Fresh Install Login Loop
I have installed Ubuntu 23.04 and am unable to login from a fresh install. I am stuck in the infamous login loop. Xauthority is missing. Things that I have tried:
I CAN log in using Wayland, however ...
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tty frozen/no login on ubuntu 22.04
On Ubuntu 22.04 after upgrade I can no loger login using ctrl alt f5 or similar.
Instead I get a locked up screen showing the boot progress but no prompt for login.
In fact I have the same issue on ...
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Screenshot process on login screen
After every time I take a screenshot, a Screenshot process instance appears on the login screen:
They stay there until I reboot. Is there any way to prevent these from appearing, or even just remove ...
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How to I update my bitbucket host ssh key on a user that doesn't permit login?
How do I update my Bitbucket host ssh key on a user that doesn't permit login?
Bitbucket tells me I have to upgrade my ssh host key on all my clients for good security reasons. I've done the client ...
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TTY Login prompt text disappears after 30 seconds
we have an Ubuntu 20.04 which starts only with an TTY and no GUI.
After our customized /etc/issue is shown to the user the command prompt will be shown only for 30 seconds. The best solution should be ...
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I need my Ubuntu 22.04 Profiles to lock after 20 unsuccessful attempts for a duration of 15 minutes
If someone would be able to assist me in how to go about locking an Ubuntu 22.04 profile after 20 unsuccessful login attempts for a duration of 15 minutes with steps, that would be wonderful! Thanks ...
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Upgrade to Xubuntu 23.04, can't login, popup loop, tty login info doesn't work
Trying to login after upgrading to 23.04 via the GUI prompt. It warns of the dangers of not disabling your lock screen, but I was sure I didn't have a lock screen enabled.
The login prompt pops up, ...
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Ubuntu password no longer works after login
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a laptop (dual boot with Win 11) and something weird happened to my password. I can only use it to login when I select a user (the booting GUI) and after that, ...
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How can I start the plasma login screen from a terminal?
It often happens, that the login screen disappears, before I can log in.
I have the possibility, to start a terminal session by Alt-Ctrl-F2.
From there I can reboot or I could start something, but I ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 get's stuck in a grey screen with mouse curser after login
My Ubuntu 23.04 install boots normal, but after I log into my user account it gets stuck at an grey screen and does not react to any input anymore. If I boot into recovery mode and select fsck and ...
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Black screen AFTER login on Ubuntu 23.04 with Nvidia graphics and command characters dropping from command when entered
I may have more than one issue, so let me know if I need to create a separate question for one of these issues.
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Update: June 25, 2023 I ended up re-installing Ubuntu 22.04. It took several attempts ...
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libvirt-kvm and libvirt shows up as login profiles on Kubuntu 23.04
Last night, I want to install Qemu on my Kubuntu 23.04.
I found this article to follow along to install Qemu on my computer:
Install and Use Qemu on Ubuntu
After reboot my pc, I notice libvirt-kvm ...
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Deleted python and now can not login into interface
I started learning some python. I already had python2 and python3.8 installed as defaults. But recently installed additional version python3.11. It was not working as expected so i decided to get rid ...
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Can't use su command to interactively login as another user
I am currently using ubuntu 20.04 machine.
I created a user with password using the useradd command.
I need to change the PATH variable of that user. So i used su - <username> to interactivelly ...
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Desktop login not allowed
Suddenly my Odroid mini PC with Ubuntu do not allow to login to Desktop. After I press Log In screen flashes with dark for one second and gets back without logged in.
I found error in /var/log/auth....
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Login screen does not appear after upgrade to 23.04
Upgraded today to Kubuntu 23.04 from 22.10, simply using the prompt that popped up in the bottom right of the screen (warning me that 22.10 would reach EOL in less than 90 days).
All seemed to go well,...
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Ubuntu 23.04 problem with password authentication
Today I installed Ubuntu 23.04. Obviously I put a password to protect my user. After the install I tried to log in and I couldnt enter it. It couldnt authenticate with the password I provided. Guess ...
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Grey background overlays GDM3 wallpaper
i have a weird issue for a while. I have a GDM login screen on Ubuntu 23.04 set via Login Manager Settings, but when launching the system, wallpapers shows for a second and then gets overlayed by grey ...
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Cannot log in to session after update with gdm3
I was running Regolith (an i3-based WM) with Ubuntu 22.10.
I just updated my laptop to Ubuntu 23.04 using the do-release-upgrade.
After booting, I could access the login session (which is GDM), but ...
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Have to enter password twice after machine has been on for a couple hours
I have a fresh 22.04 install on laptop that will hang on the first login from lock screen after it's been running for a while.
For about an hour or so after bootup it lets me login normally with ...
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System does not prompt me for password when login in
When login into the system it does not prompt me for a password after putting in my username.
I am able to ssh into the system, when I ssh into the system from another device and I try to sudo -i ...
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Error found then loading /etc/profile
An error was encountered while loading /etc/profile:
tr: symbol lookup error: tr: undefined symbol: waiting, version GLIBC_2.2.5
The result of the session will be the wrong mood.
You need to fix the ...
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Passwordless login in Ubuntu 23.04
I created my public key and successfully transformed it to my remote computer, but it still asks password while trying to connect it with SSH. It worked fine on the previous version of Ubuntu 21.04 or ...
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I cannot sign in in Dropbox
I'm using Ubuntu 22.10 with Dropbox desktop application.
It has worked normally until I decided to make a fresh reinstall of the OS to show a friend how to do it-
I have reinstalled the application ...
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How to disable automatic login on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? [duplicate]
Sorry for my bad English.
At home I have a shared Ubuntu computer. However, every time it boots, the system automatically logs in to my account without a password (eventhough my account has a password ...
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SAMBA/Windows Login Require to connect printer with explorer
I have cups working fine on a RHEL server. Printers are already added. I have installed and configured SAMBA on the same server. I have access to it with a windows 10 client through the explorer. I ...
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super + space not working in login page
on the login page, changing the keyboard language is not possible with super + space shortcut. by pressing super + space it shows changing language popup but does not affect keyboard language.
also in ...
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How do I set up password-less login via GUI in Ubuntu 20.04?
I have read that in old versions of Ubuntu, you could set user so it is allowed to log in without password. That choice is not available now (seems like someone "smart" knows that we do not ...
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no graphical login screen after boot into Ubuntu 22.04 following driver update
I have updated my nvidia driver to nvidia-driver-525-open using the GUI (which was marked as tested).
After a reboot I no longer get a graphical login screen, just a blinking cursor. Using Ctrl+Alt+F4 ...
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unable to switch to console/terminal from login screen ubunt 22,04
On the login screen if I do CTRL ALT F3 or similar I get a blank screen and my monitor goes into power saving.
I am able to login and switch to GUI using F7.
Any ideas.
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uBuntu 22.04.2 suddenly requires no password to login
I've been logging in with my password for years. Within the last month the password is no longer required - it logs me on with no other input when I click on my username. After that, it asks for my ...
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Stuck in login loop, but only for one user
I was working on my Lenovo Idea Pad with Ubuntu when suddenly the screen froze, I could move the mouse and see the cursor moving, but clicking or pressing the keyboard keys had no effect, so I decided ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 blackscreen instead of log in
I am a newbie.
Installed Ubuntu 22.04.
after installation I got black screen instead of login screen
Read some and found out about NVIDIA drivers.
I have GEFORCE 920m.
I loaded Ubuntu, went to ...
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Fingerprint login option sometimes not available on login screen
I have a strange problem on my Ubuntu 22.04 installation. The fingerprint login sometimes does not work. When it does not work I don't see the (or place finger on reader) message under password box.
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Unable to login, blank screen does not revive, after upgrade to 22.04
Yesterday I attempted an OS upgrade from Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS. The machine being upgraded was a new Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10. Following the upgrade I have two severe problems ...
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How can I disable CapsLock during user login?
On my computer running Xubuntu 20.04 I block the key CapsLock by issuing
setxkbmap -option caps:none
through xfce4-settings-settings on login.
I would like to have this key disabled even before, i.e. ...
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Loop login - /tmp permission issue
I am facing loop login issue on Ubuntu 22.10.
I was able to log into the shell and observed the following /tmp permissions:
drwxr-xr-x 20 arnaud arnaud 60K mars 24 08:55 tmp
I was able work around ...
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Xubuntu freeze on lightdm login after upgrade to 22.04/22.10
I think it's the first time, that I ask a question here, since I found an answer for all previous issues.
I upgraded my xubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 (and then on commandline to 22.10, because I hoped, the ...
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where are monitor settings for jammy?
I've looked in ~/.config/ but see no monitor settings.
Just looking to change the resolution as it's quite squished after using loginctl to logout a user.
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Export dconf settings by reading .config/dconf of another user
Is there a way to export dconf settings by reading some .config/dconf/ tree from another user (say, user2), instead of the current user1?
I have a problem whereby I cannot log into a Gnome session ...
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How can I post an answer to a question? This is for those stuck in a login loop and if their chrome browser keeps crashing [duplicate]
Ok so if you are stuck on a login loop and or your Chrome webbrowser keeps crashing. Try emptying your system disk of data files. I have been reading posts on here for ages and then realised it is ...
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How to reset GDM3 configuration
I saw maybe on Reddit on r/Ubuntu or maybe on r/gnome about a Flatpak to customize the GDM/login/greeter. I installed it, took a look, and decided I was not very interested and just uninstalled it. It'...
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How best to bring a broken desktop (MATE) back?
At power-up, the greeter window provides for each of my 4 login ID's these desktops: Gnome, Gnome Classic, Ubuntu, Ubuntu w/ Wayland, MATE, Budgie, KDE/Plasma, and a few others.
Something about the ...
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Jammy latest updates - Login issues on lock screen - spinning wheels
Anyone noticed issues with gnome/GUI login post latest updates for kernel. I have to key in password multiple times to get through
Linux PC-X 5.19.0-35-generic #36~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC ...
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Accidentally removing gnome
I accidentally removed my gnome desktop using the terminal, and my computer is single booted, what can I do to restore I can’t even login to Ubuntu
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I tried all the solution that was given ...
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I accidentally reset all of the user accounts while trying to set one up
I accidentally reset my only user accounts while trying to set another one up. When I power on my Pinebook it boots to the login screen. When I login and press enter it returns to the login screen. If ...
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forgot ubuntu password of instance
i have an oracle instance with ubuntu i don't remember having set a password for ubuntu but when i run the following command
systemctl enable emperor.uwsgi.service
it's required a password
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How to change default $PATH for root user in WSL2 (Ubuntu version)
In the Ubuntu version running in WSL2 (on Windows 11), how do you change the default $PATH for the root user? I've tried adding the following lines to the root user's ".profile" script:
if [ ...
