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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Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.
I've read that the problem might be caused by ...
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How to see Login history?
Is it possible to see the login history, i mean to see if someone has used the computer in my absence and when he used it .
if it is possible, where can i get the log ?
if not, is there a program that ...
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.bashrc not executed when opening new terminal
The code in .bashrc does not execute when I open a new terminal window in Ubuntu 12.04.
I noticed this when creating a .bash_aliases file. The aliases did not show up when I opened a new terminal. ...
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How do I enable auto-login in LightDM?
I want user foo to auto-login using LightDM (which has been used by Ubuntu since version 11.10). How would I do that?
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What are login and non-login shells?
It is said that settings for non login shell to go into .bashrc file and login shell settings to go into .profile file.
What is really meant by login and non-login shells?
Please explain without ...
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Login SSH with .ppk file on Ubuntu Terminal
I have a production server. To login to the server I must use a .ppk file.
How to login with Ubuntu Terminal and .ppk file?
I tried this :
ssh -i location/file.ppk username@server-ip
but it is ...
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Why are scripts in /etc/profile.d/ being ignored (system-wide bash aliases)?
I'm new to Ubuntu. I'm running 13.10 Desktop.
I wanted to set some system wide aliases and a custom prompt for bash. I found this article:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
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Removing Guest Session at login in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS it works fine but I want to remove the guest account login.
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How do I make a program auto-start every time I log in?
I frequently need to start several programs that I use every time I start my computer. How can I make it so that whenever I login the program is automatically launched?
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How to see the details which Ubuntu shows at the time of login anytime?
When I login to my ubuntu system, it show me this this message, How can I see it any time? I tried to run . .bashrc but it didn't worked.
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.10 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-virtual ...
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What is the .Xauthority file?
I had a problem wherein I couldn't get past the login screen in Ubuntu 12.04. Even though I gave the correct username and password, it still came back to the login screen. I found a solution wherein I ...
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How to disable welcome message after SSH login?
I have changed /etc/issue.net, so I have set a "personal" message after typing a username in an SSH terminal. Now I am trying to change the welcome text after successful login.
I have found a lot of ...
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Why is /etc/profile not invoked for non-login shells?
Login and non-login shell defined as:
su - $USER # will give you a login shell
bash # will give you a non-login shell
/etc/profile is not invoked for non-login shells, such as when you start konsole ...
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Where does the System Information information come from on login?
I have a local server running Ubuntu 10.04 headlessly.
When I ssh to the server I get some core information about the system, such as
System load: 0.0 Processes: XXX
Usage ...
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How to run a command at login? [duplicate]
I need to run the following command (with real parameters) after login:
ssh -f [email protected] -L 54321:example.com:54321 -N
I need it only for my user, not all users on the machine. Also, I need ...
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Differentiate Interactive login and non-interactive non-login shell
I'm trying to differentiate these four terms login, non-login, interactive and non-interactive:
interactive - login shell
interactive - non-login shell
non-interactive - login shell
non-interactive - ...
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Is it possible to login by voice recognition?
Although I like face recognition, I'd prefer to use voice recognition login. Is it possible? If it's possible how do I setup the software?
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Why does Ubuntu have a disabled root account?
Ubuntu disables root login for "security reasons". However it seems to me that it doesn't help with security at all.
If an intruder manages to get your login password for Ubuntu, then he also has the ...
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Use fingerprint authentication not only for login
I'm on 18.04 and have successfully enabled fingerprint login. I would like to use my fingerprint not only to login but if possible also to:
Authenticate in the terminal when I do a sudo command
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Sequence of scripts sourced upon login
I would like to concentrate all my login config in my ~/.bash_profile. There was a ~/.bashrc there by default but I replaced it with a ~/.bash_profile.
However, when I log in, something before my ~/....
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Modify the SSH welcome message to include system IP address
I have had a couple of occasions where I was unable to remember the IP address for a given system but was, at the time, able to connect using the hostname. As an example, just now I wanted to set up ...
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Why is /etc/profile not being loaded during non-login bash shell sessions?
For 11.04, I did a fresh install of my system. Part of that install was to install rvm, which sticks a rvm.sh in /etc/profile.d/. This doesn't work as /etc/profile (which loads each +r in /etc/profile....
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How do I get the list of the active login sessions?
Nov 9 17:55:46 swi007 systemd-logind[927]: New session 27 of user
swi007.
I want to see the list of active login session in ubuntu server and would like to close the specific session in my server....
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Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
I'm experiencing a very annoying problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
Whenever my laptop resumes after being suspended I'm completely unable to login and get the error;
Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
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Ubuntu 16 Stuck in Login Loop after Installing Nvidia 364 Drivers
This didn't start out as a problem with the login loop. I was attempting a clean install of Ubuntu 16 and using the new feature that allows it to detect proprietary drivers for me.
I started off ...
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How do I boot into the console and then launch the Ubuntu desktop from it?
At the Ubuntu login page I have to hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to be able to login as an user using the command line.
But how do I get to the command line first and then start the Ubuntu desktop from it?
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Force the user to change their password at first login
When I add a new user to my system I set a password and tell it to the new user. If the user doesn't like it, he/she can change it. However in my opinion it is better to force the user to change his/...
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Ubuntu 18.04/20.04 LTS on Virtualbox boots up, but black login screen
I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 18.04/20.04 LTS as a guest in Virtualbox on a Windows 10 host with multiple physical screens connected to the host. Every time I boot the Ubuntu VM it comes to a black ...
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Why do I have a "libvirt qemu" account in Lock/Switch account options in Ubuntu 16.04?
Is "libvirt qemu" provided by Ubuntu 16.04 officially, or did I do something wrong/right?
$ grep -E 'libvirt|qemu' /etc/passwd"
libvirt-qemu:x:64055:134:Libvirt Qemu,,,:/var/lib/libvirt:/bin/false
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Can't login after Nvidia driver install v 14.04
I successfully installed drivers to run the Nvidia 750 Ti graphics card in my desktop. Ubuntu ran perfectly for a short time after that. Then, the update manager prompted me to install some updates. I ...
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TTY doesn't wait for password
I upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04. When I press Ctrl+Alt+F3 I get the terminal which prompts for the username. When I type my username and press Enter, it doesn't wait for my password (its as if I ...
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SSH error: Permission denied, please try again
I have an Ubuntu server setup using amazon ec2 instance. I need to connect my desktop (which is also a ubuntu machine) to the ubuntu server using SSH.
I have installed open-ssh in ubuntu server. I ...
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How to configure lightdm to allow manual logins in Ubuntu 14.04
I used to modify /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, adding the line greeter-show-manual-login=true, in order to allow login for hidden users and root.
Now I've just installed the new Ubuntu 14.04 and the ...
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I am logged out immediately after logging in
After I log in to my user account on Ubuntu 13.04, I get automatically logged out after 1 second of black screen. This happens only with 1 specific user, and I can log in to another account fine.
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How can I display my machine's IP address on a TTY login screen?
The server I administrate has a dynamic IP address assigned by DHCP, which is inconvenient. When I want to SSH into it, I have to first log in by hand and use ifconfig to find its current IP address. ...
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What is the default username for Amazon AMI images of Ubuntu Server?
I just launched one of the Ubuntu Server AMI's on Amazon EC2.
I connect just fine, but I don't see anything to tell me the default login credentials.
login as: ?
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Using Fingerprint reader in 16.04
I have a Dell laptop with fingerprint reader inbuilt. I just ran lsusb on terminal and got the following result:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader
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After adding a group, logout+login is not enough in 18.04?
In ubuntu 18.04 with default desktop, behaviour of logout/login has changed:
Previously on an Ubuntu system, when I find that I need to add my user id to some group, it was sufficient to
sudo ...
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How do I replace the desktop by an application?
Sometimes it may be needed that a user only has access to a certain application. Running the desktop environment then may be unwanted be it either for security reasons or for acchieving a better ...
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Inhibit ESM messages at login
I would like to inhibit the generation of the following messages when I ssh into my machine
Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.
Enable ESM Apps to receive additional future ...
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How do I make Ubuntu not ask me for my password?
I'm confident that I do not need a password for my computer. How do I remove passwords for things like when the screensaver activates and installing software?
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Can't Login to my Server via SSH, and the password is correct
I'm using Linode, and I've asked around on the IRC channels, but no one seems to know. I've logged into my server via LISH (reference), and I used the correct password, and everything went fine. ...
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Freeze after login Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
Before the upgrade I was using gnome on Ubuntu 16.04 with lightdm and it worked fine. After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 I switched to gnome gdm3. On the first day I could login to my user account, ...
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How to remove session entries from LightDM?
I recently added Cairo Dock to my GNOME Shell in 11.10. Cairo Dock is GREAT, but I'm left with one little problem that I'd like to fix: after installing Cairo Dock, LightDM includes two extraneous ...
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Can't log in on Ubuntu 20.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my PC (this is a completely clean install) and I've had nothing but problems. Firstly it would keep booting into GRUB and absolutely nothing in BIOS settings fixed ...
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How to Setup FTP to use in locally hosted wordpress
I have installed wordpress on my ubuntu 10.10 desktop edition and I am trying to install plugin from the browser (I know I can drop it to the wp-content/plugin but I want to do it via the web browser ...
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What does "System information disabled due to load higher than 1.0" on boot indicate
I've been running a 14.04 installation on an old Dell machine for a few months without issue, but decided to add another larger disk drive, and reinstall. I removed an unneeded floppy drive in the ...
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Can't login to Ubuntu 16.04 after upgrade
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 (dual boot with Win 10) and it doesn't login after.
I upgraded from Ubuntu 15.10 via update-manager
I have tried old workarounds for previous versions, like:
dpkg-reconfigure ...
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Can't login to Ubuntu 14.04 after upgrade
I have a problem that i never seen before. I upgraded my Ubuntu 12.04 64bit to 14.04 using the following command:
$ sudo update-manager -d
After that I can't login to my user account, when I log it ...
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How to get the list of all users who can access a server via ssh?
How can I get the list of all the users who can ssh to a server via ssh [email protected] ?
Please note that I'm aware of this question and that is not doing what I want!
If it helps the server ...
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