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i have a CRITIC problem with user !

Asked by Duy Anh

when i tried to login automatic in ubuntu, i go to system - user and group, then i modifed my account to login with no need to enter pass. But when i restart, its a disaster. When i login, ubuntu show nothing but the nautilus doesnt have right to make some folder. Omg !

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the exact error please

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Duy Anh (myfanisuuuu) said : 		#2

its all above. System . User and group, then i chose login without password. Maybe i untick some rights of account :(

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Duy Anh (myfanisuuuu) said : 		#3

its all above. System . User and group, then i chose login without password. Maybe i untick some rights of account :(

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Please open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
and post outputs.
Type:
stat ~/.ICEauthority

id

ls -l /home/<username>

## it shows permissions

Type:
groups <username>

## it shows if user is in admin group

In case give permissions of /home back to user.
Lets say user and group is Bob, example:
sudo chown Bob:Bob -R /home/Bob

To make sure user can access /home:
sudo chmod -R u+rwX /home

If access to root via 'sudo' isn't possible, boot into recovery mode ('Shift' key, right after boot in case you don't see a boot menu).
http://unixlab.blogspot.com/2009/08/exploring-ubuntu-recovery-mode.html

Choose option 'root shell'.
Type:
chown -R <username> /home/<username>
chmod -R 755 /home/<username>
chmod 644 /home/<username>/.dmrc
chmod 600 /home/<username>/.ICEauthority
exit
reboot

In addition if user isn't in admin group.
adduser <username> admin

Maybe consider not to autologin regarding security and in case having a hard time to repair a system, while playing with root.

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Duy Anh (myfanisuuuu) said : 		#5

thanks for your help, although i cant do it because i cant go to home folder :(
I have re install Ubuntu and its great :)