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my user

Asked by Omar. P on 2009-02-14

in one my user i can't log in. it says that my home directory doesn't exist. it tell sme to use a failsafe, but it still doesn't work

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Last query:: 2009-02-14

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juancarlospaco (juancarlospaco) said on 2009-02-14:

Use a Ubuntu Live CD and check your " /Home "

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Omar. P (omar.p) said on 2009-02-14:

i was trying to fix my audio problem with xine movie player and now it opens and closes everytime

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Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 4:59 PM

Your question #60960 on Ubuntu changed:
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Status: Open => Answered

juancarlospaco proposed the following answer:
Use a Ubuntu Live CD and check your " /Home "

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nhasian (nhasian) said on 2009-02-14:

Here are the most frequently used commands used to manage users:

useradd—This command is used to add a new user account to the system. Its
options permit the sysadmin to specify the user’s home directory and initial group
or to create the user with the default home directory and group assignments.

useradd -D—This command sets the system defaults for creating the user’s home
       directory, account expiration date, default group, and command shell. See the
       specific options in man useradd. Used without any arguments, it displays the
       defaults for the system. The default set of files for a user are found in /etc/skel.

userdel—This command completely removes a user’s account (thereby eliminating
that user’s home directory and all files it contains).

passwd—This command updates the “authentication tokens” used by the password
management system.