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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can't signin to ubuntu due to sign-in loop
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
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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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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 run a .sh file in terminal on login
so I have a simple sh file I want to run whenever someone logs in. I tried adding it to startup applications. This didn't work. I tried editing the .desktop file for the startup application to set ...
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KDE lockscreen doesn't accept a correct password
I have installed kde-desktop on my Ubuntu 22.04.
When I login to the KDE session and hit ctrl+L to lock the screen, the kscreenlocker app doesn't allow me to unlock it back.
I can see that the ...
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Issue with Ubuntu 24.04: Black Screen with Cursor on Login
I am currently using Ubuntu 24.04. When I turn on my PC and log in using my password, it lands on a black screen with only the mouse cursor visible. I am unable to perform any actions, including ...
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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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Can't get to desktop after login
I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works,...
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How to login to the GUI from commandline
When I boot up, I sometimes go into tty, execute a few commands and then have to restart the GUI (gmd) with
sudo service restart gdm
I then go to the GUI (Alt+F7) and have to login.
Occasionally, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 boots to a black screen with login
When I try to boot my machine, this is the output:
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS <my_name>-pc tty1
<my_name>-pc login:
The whole screen is black. If I login in then it's like I'm in a huge terminal ...
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i3 + gnome keyring issue
I have Ubuntu 20.04 desktop with Gnome. A few months ago I switched to i3, and I like it!
The only issue I have is that when I run some software that needs Gnome Keyring it misbehaves, for example, ...
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Login screen - set default user
On login screen i have two options: my default user (let's say User1) and "Other User". When i work as "Other user" and make "Log out", on logon screen the 'active' one is "Other User". I wish that ...
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Can't login - Session Already Running
Out of nowhere, I can't login today. I get a message saying that I cannot login because there is a session already running. It gives me the option to "Force Stop" but pressing that button ...
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How do I log in in TTY1
I tried to follow the steps on Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears, but whenever I do, I don't know how to log in when it prompts me. How do I log on? I run 14.04 Trusty.
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is this a bug in ubuntu 22.04 lts [duplicate]
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when a pc runs ubuntu without root password set , then you can bypass the password of the user. by going to the grub menu and then recovery mode and then root shell prompt and then
passwd [...
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Ubuntu 24.04 password not accepted after installation
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I've installed version 24.04 two times. both installations are ok, but when try to login it says the password is wrong. checked the password with shown input both times during installation and ...
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Ubuntu Login Loop because of $PATH problems
I need your help. I'm stuck with the Ubuntu Login Loop and I guess, it happened because I tried to add the PATH for Laravel to .bashrc. This went wrong and now I tried a lot to put into .bashrc, ....
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24.04 crashing randomly to login screen [closed]
I have an i5 7600k + 32 GB RAM + RX 480 GPU. Ubuntu or GNOME will crash a few times a day or crash sometimes more frequently. It goes back to the login screen but everything is closed. Fresh install ...
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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 ...
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Wireless not connecting automatically
My wireless is working fine, but when I login, it does not connect automatically, I have to select it from the list each and every time to use it. Even though the connect automatically option is ...
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Login Screen gets stuck after entering password on Kubuntu
On Kubuntu here. When I enter my password on the login screen and press enter, all the buttons slightly fade and the screen just gets stuck with only the mouse cursor really being able to move. ...
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Configuring OIDC for my users to log into Ubuntu with
I'd like to be able to set up an Ubuntu installation so users can log into it via a company-managed Okta, ADFS, or similar OpenID connect login. Is this possible, either with vanilla Ubuntu, or with ...
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blank screen after reboot
I have a very plain system that was running 22.10. Yesterday it offered to do a rather mundane looking update. When the update completed it said that a reboot was required, I accepted and the box ...
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Can't login SSH on Ubuntu Core 24 with QEMU
I'm new in linux and i'm trying to use the IoT Ubuntu Core, so i created my own Ubuntu Core 24 image with this tutorial https://ubuntu.com/core/docs/build-an-image and tried to visualize this image ...
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Need to configure user password policy on Ubuntu 22.04 server
We want to configure the following user password policy on our Ubuntu 22.04 server. I have referred to online documentation but have not found a consolidated guide that can help us implement the ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04
I'm unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04. When trying to login I get this screen.
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After upgrade 23.04 to 24.04, one user got 'Oh no, something went wrong' on login
The thing is, my second user could log-in, and the system seemed to be functioning for them. My question really is, what could have gone wrong for the 'broken' user - which files does login use that ...
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Ubuntu Freezes at Login Screen When External Display Connected
This is driving me crazy. Every single time I boot Ubuntu (24.04 LTS release) with three monitors connected, my computer freezes at the login screen. I can't move my mouse, ctrl+alt+F1 thru 6 do ...
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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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Ubuntu 20.04 screen turns purple briefly after entering password on login screen
Same problem 1
Same problem 2
I encountered the same problem as the two above. After I entered the password on the login screen and logged in, my computer screen would be black for a while, and then ...
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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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Ubuntu specifics of who, w, and last: exactly which users are listed?
If I'm on a desktop 22.04 system, and open a terminal, who, w, and last -f /var/run/utmp all report that nobody is logged in.
If I sudo those 3 commands they all report that I'm logged in.
If I ssh to ...
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Login failure after successfully adding Ubuntu 22.04 machine to the domain
I have successfully added my machine to my company's domain. When I try to login with my domain credentials at the login screen or via su I see a message "Applying machine settings" and the ...
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What is the login password to unlock Keyring Authorization in 20.04?
At boot up, I get a pop up message stating, Authentication Required, The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer.
Below this message there is a an area for the authorized ...
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Can't login with Active Directory credentials on Ubuntu GUI mode (Failed to start session)
I have Windows Server 2022 and Ubuntu Server 24.04. Ubuntu Server is joined to Windows Server successfully, but I can't login to GUI on Ubuntu Server.
In terminal all work`s fine and I can login with ...
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Fresh Ubuntu 24.04 installation has failed four times
Folks,
After using Ubuntu LTSs for around fifteen years I have just encountered a failure in my 22.04 version; I decided to move to the latest version, rather than try to fix the problem I was having. ...
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Polkit Login Screen issue in Kubuntu 22.04 lts
After yesterdays update, the login screen gets replaced by the dumbest '.. Contact system administrator' message. Ctrl alt F2 etc work fine. There are no issues in the boot messages. Syslog has a few ...
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Unable to switch user after upgrade to 24.04
I just upgraded from 23.10 to 24.04, after the upgrade dialog popped up. Since the upgrade, I'm unable to switch users.
At the login screen (lightdm), I can select any user, but once a session for the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 login screen not showing problem on Virtualbox
I'm using windows 10 and I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on virtualbox.
After loading, the Ubuntu screen displays a partial login page only including an Ubuntu logo below, but none of the other elements. The ...
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New message when rebooting from login screen: Authentication is required for rebooting the system while an application asked to inhibit it
A new auth prompt has started popping up in the past few days (see title) (Ubuntu 18.04). This happens about half the time, anecdotally, when rebooting from the login screen without having logged in.
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How to use the ubuntu24.04 LTSC's remote login function?
I am a White programmer. And I have two computer, one Windows10 and one ubunt24.04LTSC. For the convenience of work, I want to use Windows10 to remotely login ubuntu24.04. As it happens, I noticed ...
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Unable to disable password authentication over SSH
I configured login by SSH key which is working but I can still login by password, which I don't want.
I used sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config to make the following changes:
PasswordAuthentication no
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Deleted password for my user on VPS, but still asks for password (locked out)?
I just bought a VPS plan with my hosting provider. I did all the necessary measurements for security and disabled root ssh login, created a custom myuser in the sudoer group etc.. so far so good. But ...
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Slow ssh logins
I have a bunch of servers all running Ubuntu 20.04 and all configured the same, we use Chef to configure things.
System details:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04LTS with the latest patches
Hardware: Dell R730s, ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 plasma desktop does not start after login
I have a fresh install of Kubuntu 20.04, only 2 days old. I just installed some apps that I use and configured KDE to my liking.
The system starts up quickly and I see the login screen, but when I ...
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Gnome / OpenBox not working as display manager but lxqt / Lubuntu is
I need Gnome as my display manager. So this is a strange case.
I used to be a windows user but then I switched to Ubuntu and was using Gnome as usual. Everything was fine but one day I installed an ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 login fails (one more time)
My Ubuntu 20.04 suddenly stopped coming up. I enter a password, things
crank for a bit, and then I am asked for a password again. This can go on
and on.
I am able to bring up 16.04, and using it, I ...
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What's the right place to set the XAUTHORITY environment variable?
I'm trying to get rid of the .Xauthority file in my home directory.
The arch wiki suggests defining
export XAUTHORITY="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/Xauthority
but neither placing this line in .profile nor ...
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Thunderbird keeps asking for login passwords after ugrading to Ubuntu 24.04 (not totally stable...)
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04. I know it is not totally stable nor LTS...
ThunderBird is now with snap.
I use the --profile manager to get to my old profile.
Unfortunately it does not recognize my ...
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