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Cant enter system:problem with permissions

Asked by Mauricio

Hi... I have a serious problem. I was playing with my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS root permissions for LAMP and now I cant enter to the system.

-I turn on my computer and I get the user menu.
-I enter my password for my user.
-It appears a black screen for 1 second with letters.
-Im back to the user menu.

I tried with invited user but the same thing happens.

Can someone help me please. I hope i can restore mi ubuntu =(

Thanks!

pm: im now on windows >=(

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Try this ..

When you are in login screen.. press CTLR+ALT+F2 , it will drop you to console mode.

There , login with your username & password and then give this command

rm ~/.Xauthority

proofread twice... everything matters .. dot , Capital X .. etc .. and hit [Enter] key..

Then give these 2 commands

$ sudo service lightdm stop

$ sudo service lightdm start

it will drop you to login screen again.. try now to login.

Thanks

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Mauricio (mauricioantonius) said : 		#2

It did not work... =(

But... I kind of solved the issue without erasing my files. I installed ubuntu in another partition and mounted the old partition in the new one. Then I saw that al my folders files and subfolders were blocked only for root users. I changed the persmission from the new ubuntu partition and it finally worked.

Thanks anyway!

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